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Phonetics Flashcards

1
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Stops/Plosives

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/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/

All oral stops are make with the velopharyngeal port closed

Pressure builds up and is released in a burst

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2
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/p/

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Voiceless Bilabial Stop

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3
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/b/

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Voiced Bilabial Stop

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4
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/t/

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Voiceless Alveolar Stop

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5
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/d/

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Voiced Alveolar Stop

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/k/

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Voiceless Velar Stop

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/g/

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Voiced Velar Stop

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8
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Fricatives

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/f/ /v/ /θ/ /ð/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/

Close approximation of articulators

  • Narrow channel of constriction in vocal tract
  • Turbulent airflow
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9
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/f/

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Voiceless Labio-Dental Fricative

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10
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/v/

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Voiced Labio-Dental Fricative

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11
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/θ/ Theta

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Voiceless Interdental Fricative

Content

thing
thigh
thought

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12
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/ð/ Eth

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Voiced Interdental Fricative

Function

the
these
breathe

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13
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/s/

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Voiceless Alveolar Fricative

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14
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/z/

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Voiced Alveolar Fricative

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15
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/ʃ/ Esh

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Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Fricative

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16
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/ʒ/ Ezh

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Voiced Palato-Alveolar Fricative

Very Infrequent

Vision

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17
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Affricates

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/tʃ/ /dʒ/

A stop articulation followed by a fricative articulation

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18
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/tʃ/

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Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

church

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19
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/dʒ/

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Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate

jive

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20
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Nasals / Sonorants

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/m/ /n/ /ŋ/

All nasals are voiced

Airstream obstructed in oral cavity

Velopharyngeal port is open - airstream flows through nasal cavity

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21
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/m/

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Voiced Bilabial Nasal

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22
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/n/

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Voiced Alveolar Nasal

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23
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/ŋ/

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Voiced Velar Nasal

/ng/
/n/ followed by /c/, /k/, or /x/

24
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Liquids / Approximants / Sonorants

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/l/ /r/

Narrow contraction but free flowing air

25
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/l/ “L”

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Voiced Alveolar Lateral Liquid

26
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/r/

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Voiced Lingua-Palatal Liquid

27
Q

/h/

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Voiceless Glottal Fricative

28
Q

Glides

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A consonant characterized by a continued, gliding motion of the articulators into the following vowel; aka a semi-vowel

29
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/w/

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Voiced Labial-Velar Glide

30
Q

/j/

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Voiced Palatal Glide

31
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/M/ “hw”

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Voiceless Labial-Velar Glide

32
Q

/i/ “dotted i”

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High Front Tense Unrounded

We
Peak
Peek

33
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/ɪ/ “Cap I”

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High Front Lax Unrounded

Skip
Lip
Gym
Grip
rip
34
Q

/ʊ/ “Upsilon

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High Back Lax Rounded

*Rounded is key

Could
Put
Book
Foot

35
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/u/ “Lowercase u”

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High Back Tense Rounded

Tune
Poof
Toot
Goose
Youth
36
Q

/ɛ/ “Epsilon Greek E”

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Mid Front Lax Unrounded

Bed
Pen
Men
Red

37
Q

/ə/ “Schwa”

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Mid Central Lax Unrounded “uh”

Unstressed

About
Undone
Ago
Happen
Balloon
Undone
38
Q

/ɝ/ “Hooked Reverse Epsilon”

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Mid Central Tense Rounded Long “er”

Stressed

Perk
Fur
Bird
Stir
Sir
Learn
39
Q

/ɚ/ “Schwar”

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Mid Central Lax Rounded Short “er”

*Unstressed”

Father
Acre
Favor
Butter

40
Q

/æ/ “Ash”

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Low Front Lax Unrounded

Ash
Pass
Crash
Class
Mash
41
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/ʌ/ “Caret”

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Low Central Lax Unrounded “uh”

Stressed

Flood
Cup
Rough
Does

42
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/ɔ/ “Open O”

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Low Back Tense Rounded

43
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/a/ “Script a”

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Low Back Tense Unrounded

Hot
Not
Saw
Caught
Pot
44
Q

/ɑʊ/

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“Ow”

Loud
Crowd
Proud
Now

45
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/ɑɪ/

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“Eye”

Kite
High
Height
Fly
Pie
46
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/eɪ/

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“ay”

Mane
Neigh
Prey
May
Great
47
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/ɔɪ/

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“Oy”

Coin
Join
Boy
Joy
Foil
48
Q

/ju/

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“You”

Cute
Feud
Hue
Few

49
Q

/ɪr/

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“Ear” Rhotacized Vowel

Beard
Earplug
Peer

50
Q

/ɛr/

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“Air” Rhotacized Vowel

Bear
Lair
Very
Care

51
Q

/ɔr/

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“Or” Rhotacized Vowel

Board
Cord
Core
Door

52
Q

/ar/

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“Are” Rhotacized Vowel

Bar
Harp
Farther
Archer
Harpoon
53
Q

Cognates

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When a pair of sounds differ ONLY in voicing

54
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Homotypic

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When sounds have the same MANNER of articulation

55
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Homorganic

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When sounds have the same PLACE of articulation

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