Phonetics Vocab

Question 1

Approximants

Answer 1

Speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow

Question 2

Affricitives

Answer 2

consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation

Question 3

Alveolar

Answer 3

consonants sounds that are produced with the tongue close to or touching the ridge behind the teeth on the roof of the mouth

Question 4

Bilabial

Answer 4

consonants are a type of sound in which are made by both lips and partially stopping the air coming from the mouth when the sound is pronounced

Question 5

Fricatives

Answer 5

characterized by a “hissing” sound which is produced by air escaping through a small passage in the mouth

Question 6

General American

Answer 6

umbrella accent of American English spoken by a majority of Americans and widely perceived, among Americans, as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or socioeconomic characteristics

Question 7

International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA)

Answer 7

an alphabetical system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. Often been used as a basis for previously unwritten languages.

Question 8

Inter-dental

Answer 8

formed with the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower front teeth

Question 9

Manner of Articulation

Answer 9

refers to the airflow is controlled in the production of a phone(i.e. a linguistic sound)

Question 10

Palatal

Answer 10

consonant sound oroduced by raising the front of the tongue toward or against the hard palate just behind the alveolar ridge(the gums)

Question 11

Palato-alveolar

Answer 11

made in the place between the top teeth and the highest part of the mouth

Question 12

Labio-dentals

Answer 12

consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth

Question 13

Place of Articulation

Answer 13

the location at which two speech organs approach or come together in producing a speech sound, as in the contact of the tongue and the teeth to form a dental sound

Question 14

Plosives

Answer 14

consonant is made by blocking a part of the mouth so that no air passes through

Question 15

‘Received Pronunciation’

Answer 15

is commonly known as BBC English and standard British pronunciation or Southern British pronunciation

Question 16

Semi-vowels/glides

Answer 16

consonant phoneme made in the same as a vowel but without producing a beat, hence the name

Question 17

Sound Inventory

Answer 17

the degree to which the tongue is raised or lowered in the articulation of a particular vowel

Question 18

Vowel height

Answer 18

the degree to which the tongue is raised or lowered in the articulation of a particular vowel

Question 19

Vocal Tract

Answer 19

the passages above the larnyx through which air passes in the production of speech, including the buccal oral, nasal and pharyngeal cavities

Question 20

Unrounded

Answer 20

Vowels which are produced with this lip

“rounding”