Phonetics: Manner of Articulation

Question 1

nasal sounds

Answer 1

lowering velum allows the air to pass through the nasal cavity
-blocked in oral cavity

Question 2

oral sounds

Answer 2

raising velum allows the air to pass through the oral cavity

Question 3

stops

Answer 3

complete closure un the oral cavity/glottis

Question 4

oral stops/plosives

Answer 4

closure in the oral cavity completly interrupts airflow, which builds up pressure
the airflow is released abruptly

Question 5

nasals

Answer 5

technically stops because oral cavity is closed

but airflow is uniterrupted

Question 6

How are oral stops and nasal stops abbreviated?

Answer 6

oral stops: stop

nasal stop: nasal

Question 7

Name the place of articulation of stops

Answer 7

bilabial bet pet met
alveolar dome tome gnome
velar got cot thing

Question 8

fricatives

Answer 8

continuous airflow through the mouth, there is a very narrow opening due to a close approximation of two articulators, air is forced through that opening, a continuous hissing sound emerges

Question 9

Place of articulation: fricatives

Answer 9

labiodental feel veal
dental thigh thy 
alveolar seal zeal 
palato alveolar shoe genre 
glottal sound of hit

Question 10

sibilants

Answer 10

higher pitched fricatives in sigh, shy

Question 11

affricates

Answer 11

combination of two homorganic sounds

1. closure and rising pressure
2. release of air
3. release takes form of fricative

Question 12

Place of articulation: affircates

Answer 12

alveopalatal affricates

chruch and judge

Question 13

homorganic sounds

Answer 13

identical place of articulation

Question 14

approximants

Answer 14

two articulators are close together but not close enough to creates a hiss

Question 15

name the two divisions of approximants

Answer 15

1. central approximants: 
what, yacht, rot
lateral approximants: first sound in laugh 
2. glides and liquids
what and yacht are glides 
liquids are l and r

Question 16

What are the main differences between glides and vowels?

Answer 16

1. glides pronounced very rapidly

2. glides do not occur in a syllable of their own