Phonology

Question 1

Phonology

Answer 1

the study of units of sound

Question 2

Phone

Answer 2

the smallest unit of sound

Question 3

Phoneme

Answer 3

a sound in its variations as long as meaning does not change

Question 4

Allophone

Answer 4

an insignificant variable of a poneme

Question 5

Is speech a primary or secondary function of the various parts of the body used to produce sounds?

Answer 5

Secondary Function

Question 6

What are the four parts of Speech?

Answer 6

respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation in that order

Question 7

Speech can be defined as….

Answer 7

sound waves created in a moving stream of air

Question 8

What parts of the body are used in respiration to produce speech?

Answer 8

abdominal and intercostal muscles, diaphragm, and the lungs take in air which is then exhaled while producing sound using the larynx (vocal cord) and the pharynx (the throat cavity), the mouth (oral cavity), and the nasal cavity in producing different sounds.

Question 9

Phonation

Answer 9

determines the pitch (high or low) of a sound, the range of the sound, and the degree of loudness of a sound.

Question 10

Do the vocal cord vibrate with voiceless or voiced sounds

Answer 10

voiced souds

Question 11

Resonation

Answer 11

the reinforcement of sound (tone) set up by the vocal cords that occurs in the pharyngeal, nasal, and oral cavities.

Question 12

Articulation

Answer 12

the molding and shapig of the voice into speech; the making of vowels, consonants, and diphthongs, by the articulators- the lips, the teeth, the tounge, and the hard and soft palates.

Question 13

Vowel Sounds

Answer 13

all vowels are voiced sounds, oral sounds, and made with unrestriced air flow

Question 41

Labial

Answer 41

between the lips

Question 42

Labialdental

Answer 42

w/ lips and teeth

Question 43

Interdental

Answer 43

Between the teeth

Question 44

Alevolar

Answer 44

with ridge above upper teeh

Question 45

Alevo-Palodental

Answer 45

the area just behind the alelor ridge in the roof of the mouth

Question 46

Velar

Answer 46

made with the tongue near thesoft palat (at the back of the roof of the mouth)

Question 47

Glottal

Answer 47

Produced by closing the glottis

Question 48

Stops

Answer 48

The flow of air actually stops as the sound is articulated

Question 49

Fricatives

Answer 49

A narrow opening somehwere in the oral cavity cause air to rub its way through

Question 50

Affricatives

Answer 50

Begin like stops (t and d) but end like fricatives (s and z)

Question 51

Nasals

Answer 51

Made by blocking the mouth and letting the air flow through the nasal cavity

Question 52

Liquids

Answer 52

made as air flows around the sides of the tounge (laterals)

Question 53

Retroflex

Answer 53

made by the tounge bending back as the air flows

Question 54

Semivowels

Answer 54

produced with unrestricted air flow like vowels, but can be followed by vowels

Question 55

Consonant sounds

Answer 55

are made with some restriction of the air flow Often occur in pairs with one member voiced and the other voiceless May be Oral or Nasal ARe grouped by place of articulation and means of articulation