phonetics

Question 1

What three dimensions are used to describe consonant articulation?

Answer 1

Place of articulation, manner of articulation, and voicing

Question 2

What does place of articulation mean

Answer 2

where in the mouth is the sound produced

Question 3

what is the manner of articulation

Answer 3

A manner of articulation is the way that sounds are formed and produced

Question 4

What does voicing mean?

Answer 4

Voiced consonants require vocal cords to produce their signature sounds; voiceless consonants do not.

Question 5

5 manners of articulations

Answer 5

stops, fricatives, affricates, nasals, liquids, glides

Question 6

What is a stop/plosive?

Answer 6

a stop consonant is the sound made by completely blocking the flow of air and then releasing it

Question 7

Bilabial stops (2):

Answer 7

P (voiceless) and b(voiced)

Question 8

Alveolar stops (2)

Answer 8

t (voiceless) and d (voiced)

Question 9

Velar stops

Answer 9

k (voiceless) and g (voiced)

Question 10

What is fricatives?

Answer 10

sound produced by bringing the mouth into position to block the passage of the airstream but not making complete closure

Question 11

Labiodental fricative (2)

Answer 11

f (voiceless) v (voiced)

Question 12

Interdental fricatives

Answer 12

theta (voiceless) and curly circle (voiced)

Question 13

Alveolar fricatives

Answer 13

s (voiceless) z (voiced)

Question 14

Alveol-palatal fricative (1)

Answer 14

sh (voiceless)

Question 15

Glottal fricative (1)

Answer 15

voiceless (h)

Question 16

What is an affricate?

Answer 16

They begin by fully stopping the air from leaving the vocal tract (similar to a stop sound), then releasing it through a constricted opening. (similar to a fricative sound).

Question 17

What are the only affricates?

Answer 17

ch and j sounds

Question 18

where are the affricates produced?

Answer 18

alveopalatal

Question 19

What is a nasal

Answer 19

Sounds produced where air flows through the nose?

Question 20

bilabial nasal?

Answer 20

m

Question 21

alveolar nasal?

Answer 21

n

Question 22

velar nasal

Answer 22

ing (n)

Question 23

What is a liquid?

Answer 23

consonant sound in which the tongue produces a partial closure in the mouth, resulting in a resonant, vowel-like consonant

Question 24

What are the two liquids in english?

Answer 24

lateral l and upside down r

Question 25

Liquids in English are produced where?

Answer 25

alveolar

Question 26

What are glides?

Answer 26

consonants with vowel-like quzlities

Question 27

What are the two glides in English?

Answer 27

w and j (y)