Phonetics

Question 1

what is articulation?

Answer 1

the shaping of airflow to generate particular sound types

Question 2

what is the subglottal system responsible for?

Answer 2

initiation

Question 3

what is initiation?

Answer 3

setting air in motion through the vocal tract

Question 4

what is the supraglottal system responsible for?

Answer 4

articulation

Question 5

what is phonation?

Answer 5

the modification of airflow as it passes through the larynx

Question 6

what is the laryngeal system responsible for?

Answer 6

phonation

Question 7

what is central airflow?

Answer 7

air flows down the middle of the vocal tract

Question 8

what is the place of articulation?

Answer 8

the location of the maximum constrcition of the air channel

Question 9

what is the manner of articulation?

Answer 9

the nature of the constricture or the degree of stricture

Question 10

what are apical sounds?

Answer 10

sounds made with the tongue tip

Question 11

what are laminal sounds?

Answer 11

sounds made with the tongue blade

Question 12

what are coronal sounds?

Answer 12

apical and laminal sounds together

Question 13

what are radical sounds?

Answer 13

sounds made with the tongue root

Question 14

what are plosives?

Answer 14

a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases

Question 15

what is compression?

Answer 15

a decrease in air pressure

Question 16

what is rarefaction?

Answer 16

an increase in air pressure

Question 17

what is a transient sound wave?

Answer 17

involves a sudden burst in pressure which isn’t sustained and isn’t repeated over time

Question 18

what is an aperiodic sound wave?

Answer 18

a sound wave with no regularly repeating pattern

Question 19

what is anatomy?

Answer 19

the structure of living organisms

Question 20

what is physiology?

Answer 20

how living organisms and their parts function