Phonetic Vocab Flashcards

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Phonetics

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Study of production and classification of speech sounds

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Articulatory Phonetics

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How we produce sound

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Auditory Phonetics

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How the ear picks up speech sounds

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4
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Acoustic phonetics

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Physical properties of the sound waves

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5
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Perceptual phonetics

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How the brain process speech sounds

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6
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Practical phonetics

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How to produce, hear, transcribe sounds

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7
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Speech sounds

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Sounds used in human language

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8
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IPA

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International Phonetic Alphabet

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9
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Sound production

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Air supply + sound source + filter chambers

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10
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Pulmenic

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Use of the lungs

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11
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Glottalic

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Moving the closed glottis up or down

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12
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Velaric

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Creating suction with the back of the tongue

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13
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Consonants

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Total or partial obstruction in vocal tract

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14
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Vowels

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No obstruction in the vocal tract

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15
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Voicing

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Vocal chords are brought close to each other, not entirely closed (ie z)

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16
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Voiceless

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Vocal chords are pulled apart, air passes freely (ie f, t)

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Place of articulation

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A location along the vocal tract where its production occurs

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Manner of articulation

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How the air passes through the obstacle to create sound

19
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Nasal sounds

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The velum is lowered; passes only through naval cavity

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Oral sounds

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The velum is raised, so air passes only through the oral cavity

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Stop/plosives

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The sudden production of air (ie p, b)

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Fricatives

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Forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together

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Affricates

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Complete closure, the closure is opened slowly so air passes continuously

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Diphthongs

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Single vowel that involves two places of articulation