Physiological and Acoustic Phonetics Flashcards

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study of the use of instrumentation to study speech sound production

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experimental phonetics

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study of the anatomy and physiology of speech

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physiological phonetics

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a branch of phonetics dealing with the study of speech sound properties such as frequency, intensity, and duration

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acoustic phonetics

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study of the impact of variations in the acoustic characteristics of speech on perception

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perceptual phonetics

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use of a specialized alphabet to capture similarities and differences between speech sounds, and capture subtleties in speech sound production

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descriptive phonetics

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6
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the study of the sound patterns of language

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phonology

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abstract representation of sound

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phoneme

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8
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separate phones that are physical representations of the same phoneme

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allophone

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9
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acceptability of sounds and sequences of sounds in the language

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phonotactics

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10
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relative prominence of a syllable in the context of other syllables

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stress

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variations in pitch

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intonation

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suprasegmentals (3)

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stress, intonation, juncture

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13
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2 types of vowels

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monopthongs, dipthongs

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vowels produced with relatively steady positioning of the articulators

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monopthongs

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vowels produced with the articulators changing from 1 position to another

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dipthongs

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manners of articulation (5)

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stop
nasal
fricative
affricate
approximants (liquids, glides)
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17
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a consonant produced with complete stoppage of the airflow through the vocal tract, often with an audible burst of air on release

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stop/plosive

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18
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a consonant produced with the airstream directed through the nose; a distinctive feature used to characterize those speech sounds made with lowered soft palate thus coupling the mouth cavity resonance with nasal cavity resonance

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nasal

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19
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a consonant produced with partial blockage of the breath stream causing turbulence or friction during its production

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fricative

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20
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a consonant that begins as a stop and is released as a fricative

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affricate

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a consonant sound that differs from another by voicing so that place and manner are the same whereas one sound is voiced and the other is voiceless

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cognate

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22
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the friction noise usually heard on production originating at the level of the vocal folds

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glottal fricative

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23
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a speech sound produced by allowing air pressure to build up behind the closed (adducted) vocal folds. When the folds are relaxed, the drop in breath pressure creates typical stop release

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glottal stop

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refers to a consonant made with the vocal tract airflow partially impeded so that turbulence is produced, or completely blocked

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obstruents

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obstruent sound classes

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fricatives, affricates, stops

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26
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a consonant that is produced with mid-to-high frequency turbulence

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sibilant

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27
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a sound produced with an unobstructed vocal tract, including the vowels, dipthongs, and semivowels

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sonorant

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28
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a fricative or affricate that is produced by directing the airflow against a hard surface such as the back of the upper teeth, so that friction is produced; a distinctive feature characterizing those speech sounds produced by high frequency turbulence resulting from a constricted airflow that is directed against a surface or partial closure

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strident

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29
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bilabial sounds

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m,p,b,w

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30
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labiodental sounds

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f,v

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31
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linguadental sounds

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voiced and voiceless th

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32
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lingua-alveolar sounds

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n, t, d, s, z, l

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33
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linguapalatal sounds

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“Sh,” “dgg,” “ch,” “juh,” r, j

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34
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linguavelar sounds

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“ng,” k, g

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glottal sounds

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h

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nasal sounds

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m, n, “ng”

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stop/plosive sounds

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p,b,t,d,k,g

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fricative sounds

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f,v, voiced and voiceless th, s,z,”sh,”“dgg,”h

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affricate sounds

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“ch,” “juh”

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liquid sounds

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l, r

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glide sounds

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w, j

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vowel characterization dimensions (4)

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lip position, tense/lax qualities, tongue height, tongue retraction

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high front vowels

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/I/ and /i/

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mid front vowels

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/e/ and “Eh”

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low front vowels

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“ae”

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central vowels

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stressed and unstressed “er,” stressed and unstressed “uh”

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high back vowels

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“ooo” and “ooh”

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mid back vowels

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“oh” and “aww”

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low back vowels

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“aaaa”

50
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irregular sound wave, having no definite pattern of repeating cycles

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aperiodic

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noise generated from turbulent airflow upon release of some stop gestures, likely a function of the transition of the vocal folds from voicing to unvoicing and back to voicing

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aspiration

52
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a specified range of frequencies between the low and high pass cutoff frequencies to be passed effectively

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Band-pass filter

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the range of frequencies between the low and high pass cutoff frequencies

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bandwidth

54
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states that in a fluid under movement, the pressure exerted by a fluid on a surface decreases as the velocity of the fluid across the surface increases

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Bernoulli effect

55
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a sound wave consisting of two or more pure sounds

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complex tone

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the collisions of air molecules result in regions of increased density (high air pressure)

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compression

57
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an articulatory gesture in which the vocal tract constriction is incomplete and airflow continues.

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continuant

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continuant sound classes

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fricatives, glides, liquids, and nasals

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corner vowels

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/i/ /ae/ “ooo” and “aaaa”

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the characteristic resonances of the vocal tract

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formant

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the rate at which particles vibrate back and forth per second

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frequency

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the repetition frequency of a sine wave or a complex pattern

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fundamental frequency

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an integer multiple of the fundamental

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harmonic

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a numerical evaluation of the ratio of the energy in the fundamental and harmonics to the energy in the aperiodic, or noise component of the speech signal, averaged over a number of cycles

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harmonic-to-noise ratio (H/N)

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an acoustic filter that blocks the low-frequency components of a sound wave and allows the high-frequency components to be passed

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High-pass filter

66
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the non-volitional variability in the fundamental frequency as measured during sustained vowel production

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jitter

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Newton-meters, the metric unit of measurement for work

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Joules (J)

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an acoustic filter that blocks the high-frequency components of a sound wave, and allows the low-frequency components to be passed

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Low-pass filter

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the area of the smallest amplitude of vibration of a sound wave

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node

70
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a sound wave consisting of energy at a single periodic frequency

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pure tone

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regions of decreased density of air particles, caused by restorative force and momentum (lower air pressure)

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rarefaction

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the portion of the energy of a sound wave that returns back after meeting a boundary

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reflected wave

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the change in the speed and direction of a sound wave due to interaction with a boundary

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refraction

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a series of consecutive fundamental frequency values of approximately equivalent vocal quality.

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register

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the short-term variability in the amplitude of the acoustic waveform

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shimmer

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uniform circular motion. Periodic motion around a central equilibrium point

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simple harmonic motion

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the graphic representation of the frequency and intensity of the sound pressure wave as a function of time.

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sound spectrography

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the study of the acoustics, aerodynamics, and physiology of the production, transmission, and effects of speech.

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Speech science

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the distance traveled by one cycle of vibration

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wavelength

80
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kinetic energy+ potential energy =

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total energy

81
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true or false media with greater elasticity or lower density will transmit sound more quickly than media with lesser elasticity and greater density

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true

82
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inverse sound is expressed as force/area, however, the wave has a finite amount of force. The intensity varies inversely with the square of the distance from the source

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inverse square law

83
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What four things can happen when a sound wave strikes an object?

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Reflection, Absorption, transmission, diffraction