Phonetics

Question 1

Sound Inventory

Answer 1

Pool of sounds from which speakers use to construct the sounds of their language

Question 2

Phonetics

Answer 2

Subdiscipline of linguistics that deals with characteristics of speech sounds

Question 3

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 3

Most well-known and standardized phonetic transcription system

Question 4

Received Pronunciation (RP)

Answer 4

Symbols for all sounds that occur in the standard accent of British English in IPA

Question 5

General American

Answer 5

Symbols for sounds that occur in standard North American accent in IPA

Question 6

Frequency

Answer 6

Greater number of vibrations
(cycles of variation in air pressure)

Question 7

Vocal Tract

Answer 7

The entire passage
above the larynx

Question 8

Articulators

Answer 8

All parts of the vocal apparatus which
are involved in speech production

Question 9

Place of Articulation

Answer 9

The point of closest constriction in the vocal tract as a criterion for the description
and classification of consonants

Question 10

Bilabial

Answer 10

Sounds which are characterized by a constriction at the lips

Question 11

Alveolar

Answer 11

Sounds which are characterized by placing the tongue against the back of the gum ridge at the top of the teeth

Question 12

Labio-dentals

Answer 12

Sounds that involve only the lower lip and additionally the upper teeth

Question 13

Dental/Interdental

Answer 13

sounds produced with the tongue immediately behind the upper front
teeth or even protruding between upper and lower front teeth, no lips involved

Question 14

Palato-Alveolar

Answer 14

Sounds produced by the constriction of the tongue between the hard palate
and the alveolar ridge, slightly further back than for alveolar sounds

Question 15

Palatal

Answer 15

Sounds made by the tongue being raised toward the hard palate

Question 16

Velar

Answer 16

Sound made by the obstruction of the velum

Question 17

Glottal

Answer 17

Point of articulation in which the airstream is obstructed at the glottis

Question 18

Manner of Articulation

Answer 18

The various production methods of consonants

Question 19

Stops/Plosives

Answer 19

Sounds made by a complete stop of airflow followed by a release

Question 20

Fricatives

Answer 20

Sounds made by air passing through a slight opening, creating audible friction

Question 21

Affricates

Answer 21

Sounds that combine two different manners of production: a stoppage of the airflow, followed by a prolonged release with only a narrow opening and therefore
audible friction