Phonetics Vocabulary

Question 1

Automatism

Answer 1

The performance of actions without conscious thought or intention.

Forming words without actually thinking about it

Question 2

Phonetics

Answer 2

The study and classification of speech sounds

Question 3

Articulatory phonetics

Answer 3

Articulatory phonetics is a subficld of phonetics that studies the process of articulation..

Question 4

Acoustic phonetics

Answer 4

The study of sound and how we hear it. Acoustic phonetics deals with the capturing and description of the speech signal as it is producedand perceived. It concentrates on the physical properties of the speech sounds themselves.

Question 5

International phonetic alphabet (IPA)

Answer 5

A system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. Each of phonetic symbol is associated with a particular sound.

Question 6

Pulmonic egessive airstream mechanism

Answer 6

Sounds produced by breathing out

Question 7

Vocal tract

Answer 7

This describes the entire passage above the larynx. This is where speech sounds are shaped. The vocal tract is divided into two main cavities.that provide resonating space,

Question 8

Articulators

Answer 8

All parts of the vocal apparatus which are involved in speech production. Active articulatorsare parts that move (tongue, lips, and lower jaw). Passive articulatorscannot change their position. (, upper teeth, the hard palette )

Question 9

Place of articulation

Answer 9

the point of closest constriction in the vocal tract as a criterion for the description and classification of consonants. The technical term for this is place of articulation

Question 10

Bilabial

Answer 10

Sounds which are characterized by a constriction at the lips. involves both lips.

Question 11

Alveolar

Answer 11

The place of articulation is the alveolar ridge [d]

Question 12

Labio-dentals

Answer 12

Labio -dentals involve only the lower lip an additionally the upper teeth. An example is[f]

Question 13

Dental, dental place of articulation

Answer 13

Lips don’t play a role in production. These sounds are produced with the tongue immediately behind the upper front
teeth or even protruding between upper and lower front teeth, as in [θ]. Sometimes referred to as inter-dental.

Question 14

Palate-alveolar

Answer 14

Palato-alveolar sounds, such as [ ʃ ], the constriction is between the hard palate
and the alveolar ridge, slightly further back than for alveolar sounds.

Question 15

Palatial

Answer 15

The tongue is raised towards the hard palette, such as [j]

Question 16

Velar sound

Answer 16

An obstruction of the velum. The [k] sound.

Question 17

Glottal place of articulation

Answer 17

When the airstream is obstructed at the glottis. [h]

Question 18

Plosives

Answer 18

Plosives describes a complete strip of the airflow followed by release. The basic plosives in English are t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b (voiced).

Question 19

Fricatives

Answer 19

When the air passes through this slight opening, the result is audible friction, 
a characteristic noise after which this class of consonants is named fricatives. 
Among the English sounds, [f, v, θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h] are classified as fricatives.

Question 20

Nasals

Answer 20

The velum is lowered, leaving an open passage from the oral to the nasal cavity, so that the air can escape through the nose. Only the three nasal consonants mentioned above: [m], [n] and [ŋ], which differ only in their place of articulation. O

Question 21

Vocal cords or vocal folds

Answer 21

Two small muscular folds which are located at the lower end of the larynx. The opening between the vocal cords is called the glottis.

Question 22

Voiceless sounds

Answer 22

When the vocal cords are apart the air can pass freely. No vibration of the vocal cords, like breathing out. [p, t, k, tʃ, f, θ, s, ʃ, h]

Question 23

Rounded vs. unrounded

Answer 23

Rounded vowels are produced by rounding the lips.

Question 24

Dipthongs

Answer 24

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side ).