Phonetics Vocab

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

the study and classification of speech sounds.

Question 2

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 2

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Question 3

Vocal Tract

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The airway used in the production of speech, especially the passage above the larynx, including the pharynx, mouth, and nasal cavities.

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Articulators

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Organs of the speech mechanism that form the configurations required for production of meaningful speech sounds, i.e., the teeth, lips, mandible, tongue, velum, and pharynx.

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Velar Sounds

Answer 5

made through articulation of the back of the tongue against the velum or soft palate.

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Plosives

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consonants whose pronunciation is accompanied by the explosion of a stop (occlusion).

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Affricates

Answer 7

consonants consisting of plosive (obstruent) and fricative elements

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Nasal Sounds

Answer 8

vowels are produced when air passes through the nose as well as the mouth.

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Approximants

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a speech sound that is formed by the passage of air between two articulators (such as the lips or tongue) which are close but not touching and that is usually classified as a consonant

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Fricatives

Answer 10

a consonant characterized by frictional passage of the expired breath through a narrowing at some point in the vocal tract
Other Words from fricative

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Semi-Vowel

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a speech sound (such as \y\, \w\, or \r) that has the articulation of a vowel but that is shorter in duration and is treated as a consonant in syllabication

Question 12

nasals

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uttered with the soft palate lowered and with passage of air through the nose (as with \m\, \n\, \ŋ\, \ōⁿ\, or \aⁿ)

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vocal cords

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either of two pairs of folds of mucous membranes that project into the cavity of the larynx and have free edges extending dorsoventrally toward the middle line

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vowel frontness

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front vowels are produced when the tip of the tongue is near the front of the mouth. Ex. cit(y), b(i)d, p(e)t, p(a)t, ch(a)otic

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vowel height

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

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diphthongs

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a gliding, monosyllabic speech sound (such as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another

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monophthong

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a vowel sound that throughout its duration has a single constant articulatory position

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Liquids

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articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel

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Stops

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closure of the articulators to obstruct the airstream.

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Manner of Articulation

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the way the airstream is affected as it flows from the lungs and out the nose and mouth.