Phonetics

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

study of speech sounds creation and their representation by letters.

Question 2

What are the 3 reasons for phonetic study?

Answer 2

1. a more formal description of speech sounds in native and foreign languages
2. comparison between sounds
3. improvement in pronunciation

Question 3

Articulatory phonetics concerns…

Answer 3

how sounds are produced using the articulators.

Question 4

Acoustic phonetics concerns…

Answer 4

speech signals (waves) produced during speech and transmission of speech through the air.

Question 5

Auditory phonetics concerns…

Answer 5

how speech sounds are perceived by the listener.

Question 6

What are the three systems of body organs responsible for the production of sound?

Answer 6

1. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
2. PHONATORY SYSTEM
3. ARTICULATORY SYSTEM

Question 7

The RESPIRATORY SYSTEM consists of…

Answer 7

lungs, the diaphragm, bronchial tubes and trachea

Question 8

The PHONATORY SYSTEM consists of…

Answer 8

the larynx and vocal cords

Question 9

The ARTICULATORY SYSTEM consists of…

Answer 9

active and passive articulators situated above the glottis

Question 10

The passive articulators are…

Answer 10

upper lip, upper teeth, lower teeth, roof of the mouth, pharynx

Question 11

The active articulators are…

Answer 11

the lips, the tongue (tip, blade, front, back, root)

Question 12

The function of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM is…

Answer 12

providing stream of air necessary for sound production

Question 13

The function of the PHONATORY SYSTEM is…

Answer 13

providing the passage of air and helping the process of swallowing

Question 14

Egressive sound

Answer 14

sound produced during air exhalation

Question 15

Ingressive sound

Answer 15

the sound produced during air inhalation

Question 16

The sounds can be voiced or voiceless depending on…

Answer 16

the position of vocal chords.

Question 17

Consonants

Answer 17

eggresive sound accompanied by obstruction or friction in the articulators

Question 18

Where is the place of articulation in BILABILAS?

Answer 18

both lips - p, b, m, w

Question 19

Where is the place of articulation in DENTALS?

Answer 19

tongue tip and upper lip/teeth - “th” sounds

Question 20

Where is the place of articulation in LABIODENTALS?

Answer 20

upper teeth and lower lip - f, v

Question 21

Where is the place of articulators in ALVEOLARS?

Answer 21

tongue front and alveolar ridge - t, d, z, s, n, r, l

Question 22

Where is the place of articulation in PALATAL-ALVEOLARS?

Answer 22

the tongue and the front of the palate [ʃ], [ʒ], [tʃ], [dʒ] - dż sounds

Question 23

Where is the place of articulation in PALATALS?

Answer 23

the tongue in the middle of the palate [j]

Question 24

Where is the place of articulation in VELARS?

Answer 24

the back of the tongue and the velum [k], [g], [ŋ]

Question 25

Where is the place of articulation in GLOTTALS?

Answer 25

open glottis, no active participation of other articulators [h]

Question 26

Which sounds are STOPS and what characterizes them?

Answer 26

the complete stopping of air stream [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g]

Question 27

Which sounds are FRICATIVES and what characterizes them?

Answer 27

fricative stricture [f], [v], [θ], [ð], [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ], [h]

Question 28

Which sounds are AFFRICATIVES and what characterizes them?

Answer 28

stopping and friction [tʃ]choke, [dʒ]joke

Question 29

Which sounds are NASALS and what characterizes them?

Answer 29

velum lowered, air escapes through the nasal cavity [m], [n], [ŋ]

Question 30

Which sounds are APPROXIMANTS and what characterizes them?

Answer 30

approximant stricture [w], [j], [h]

Question 31

Which sounds are LIQUIDS?

Answer 31

[l], [r]

Question 32

Which sounds are GLOTTAL STOPS and what characterizes them?

Answer 32

vocal cords are closed ([ʔ])

Question 33

What articulation is in FLAPS?

Answer 33

tip of the tongue against the upper part of the mouth [ɾ]

Question 34

Vowels

Answer 34

the most sonorant and audible sounds, nucleons of the syllable, oral sounds

Question 35

Depending on what can vowels be classified?

Answer 35

1. the position of the tongue -> high, mid, low 2. the position of the mandible (żuchwa) -> open, close 3. the part of the tongue -> front, central, back 4. the shape of the lips -> rounded, unrounded

Question 36

Monophong

Answer 36

single vowel sounds within a syllable

Question 37

Dipthong

Answer 37

two vowel sounds combined within a syllable

Question 38

Triphong

Answer 38

three vowel sounds combined within a syllable