Phonetics- Introduction

Question 1

Define phonetics

Answer 1

Branch of linguistics that deals with speech sounds

Question 2

What is articulatory phonetics?

Answer 2

Study of how vowels and consonants are ‘articulated’

Question 3

What is acoustic phonetics?

Answer 3

Study of the properties of sound waves

Question 4

What is auditory phonetics?

Answer 4

Study of how the hearer perceives and decodes acoustic signals into the vowels and consonants of a given language

Question 5

What is the system called that expels air from the lungs to produce English?

Answer 5

Pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism

Question 6

What is the function of the larynx?

Answer 6

To produce ‘voice’

Question 7

Active articulators

Answer 7

Lower lip, tongue, epiglottis

Question 8

Passive articulators

Answer 8

Upper lip, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate (velum), uvula, pharynx wall

Question 9

Technical term for lips

Answer 9

Labia

Question 10

Adjective referring to lips

Answer 10

Labial

Question 11

Adjective referring to teeth

Answer 11

Dental

Question 12

Adjective referring to alveolar ridge

Answer 12

Alveolar

Question 13

Adjective referring to (hard) palate

Answer 13

Palatal

Question 14

Adjective referring to soft palate

Answer 14

Velar

Question 15

Technical term for soft palate

Answer 15

Velum

Question 16

Adjective referring to uvula

Answer 16

Uvular

Question 17

Technical term for upper throat

Answer 17

Pharynx

Question 18

Adjective referring to upper throat

Answer 18

Pharyngeal

Question 19

Technical term for voice box

Answer 19

Larynx

Question 20

Adjective referring to voice box

Answer 20

Laryngeal

Question 21

Technical term for tongue tip

Answer 21

Apex

Question 22

Adjective referring to tongue tip

Answer 22

Apical

Question 23

Technical term for tongue blade

Answer 23

Lamina

Question 24

Adjective referring to tongue blade

Answer 24

Laminal

Question 25

Technical term for tongue body

Answer 25

Dorsum (back)

Question 26

Adjective referring to tongue body

Answer 26

Dorsal

Question 27

Adjective referring to tongue root

Answer 27

Radical