Physiological and Acoustic Phonetics Flashcards
study of the use of instrumentation to study speech sound production
experimental phonetics
study of the anatomy and physiology of speech
physiological phonetics
a branch of phonetics dealing with the study of speech sound properties such as frequency, intensity, and duration
acoustic phonetics
study of the impact of variations in the acoustic characteristics of speech on perception
perceptual phonetics
use of a specialized alphabet to capture similarities and differences between speech sounds, and capture subtleties in speech sound production
descriptive phonetics
the study of the sound patterns of language
phonology
abstract representation of sound
phoneme
separate phones that are physical representations of the same phoneme
allophone
acceptability of sounds and sequences of sounds in the language
phonotactics
relative prominence of a syllable in the context of other syllables
stress
variations in pitch
intonation
suprasegmentals (3)
stress, intonation, juncture
2 types of vowels
monopthongs, dipthongs
vowels produced with relatively steady positioning of the articulators
monopthongs
vowels produced with the articulators changing from 1 position to another
dipthongs
manners of articulation (5)
stop nasal fricative affricate approximants (liquids, glides)
a consonant produced with complete stoppage of the airflow through the vocal tract, often with an audible burst of air on release
stop/plosive
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
nasal
a consonant produced with partial blockage of the breath stream causing turbulence or friction during its production
fricative
a consonant that begins as a stop and is released as a fricative
affricate
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
cognate
the friction noise usually heard on production originating at the level of the vocal folds
glottal fricative
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
glottal stop
refers to a consonant made with the vocal tract airflow partially impeded so that turbulence is produced, or completely blocked
obstruents
obstruent sound classes
fricatives, affricates, stops
a consonant that is produced with mid-to-high frequency turbulence
sibilant
a sound produced with an unobstructed vocal tract, including the vowels, dipthongs, and semivowels
sonorant
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
strident
bilabial sounds
m,p,b,w
labiodental sounds
f,v
linguadental sounds
voiced and voiceless th
lingua-alveolar sounds
n, t, d, s, z, l
linguapalatal sounds
“Sh,” “dgg,” “ch,” “juh,” r, j