Phonetic

Question 1

Palatograph

Answer 1

Experimental methods that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Can be static or dynamic

Question 2

Monosyllablic

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Consisting of only one syllable

Question 3

Monophthongs

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A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs.

Question 4

Subglottal system

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the part of the respiratory system located below the larynx.

Question 5

Larynx

Answer 5

Cartilage and muscle located at the top of the trachea, containing the vocal folds and the glottis; commonly referred to as the voice box.

Question 6

Glottis

Answer 6

the space between the vocal folds.

Question 7

Spectrogram

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A three dimensional representation of sound in which the vertical axis represents frequency, the horizontal axis represents time, and the darkness of shading represents amplitude.

Question 8

Affricates

Answer 8

Sounds produced by complete obstruction of the airflow followed by a slight affricate can be thought of as a combination of a stop and a fricative.

Question 9

Palatalized

Answer 9

A term used to describe the articulation of a sound that involves the tongue moving towards the hard palate.

Question 10

Suprasegmental

Answer 10

A phonetic characteristic of speech such as length, intonation, tone or stress, that ‘rides on top of’ segmental features. Must usually be identified by comparison to the same feature on other sounds or strings of sounds.

Question 11

Glottalization

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The production of a speech sound with creaky voice or with a simultaneous glottal stops.

Question 12

Intonation

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Commonly refers to the pattern of pitch movements across a stretch of speech such as a sentence. The meaning of a sentence can depend in part on the intonation contour of the sentence.

Question 13

Harmonics

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Overtone of the fundamental frequency of the vocal tracts; multiple of the fundamental frequency.

Question 14

Aspiration

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A puff of air that follows the release of a consonant when there is a delay in the onset of voicing. Symbolized by a superscript.

Question 15

Glides

Answer 15

Sounds produced with only a slight closure of the articulators and that requires some movement(or ‘gliding) of the articulators during production.

Question 16

Lax

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Vowels sounds that has a less peripheral position in the vowel space.

Question 17

Imperessionistic Phonetic Transcription

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A method of writing down speech sounds with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced. Usually based simply on how the sounds are perceived when heard without any special analysis.

Question 18

Co-articulation

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the adjustment of a segment due to the influence of a neighboring sound(s).

Question 19

Dipthongs

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A complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs.

Question 20

Bilabial

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Sounds produced by bringing both lips together.