Physiology & Acoistic Phonetics Flashcards
What is the nucleus of a syllable?
A vowel or diphthong in the middle of the syllable
What is the onset of a syllable?
The initial consonant or consonant clusters of the syllable
What is the coda of a syllable?
The constant at the end of the syllable
What is syllabification?
The skill in identifying the number of syllables in words.
What are the syllabic consonants?
L, m, n
Explain the distinctive feature analysis approach.
Basic concept that each phoebes is a collection of independent features.
Each phoneme is described according to a cluster of features that are either present or absent in that phoneme.
For example a + would be placed by ‘voiced’ for the phoneme /d/
Explain the place-voice-manner analysis.
It categorizing consonants in terms of three parameters. Place. Voice. Manner.
Place - bilabial, velar
Voice - voiced or unvoiced
Manner - stopping, fricative
What four dimensions are vowels characterized by? Distinctive Feature Analysis
Lip position, tense/lax qualities, tongue height, and tongue forwardness/retraction
How are diphthongs produced?
By a slow gliding movement from one vowel to the adjacent vowel
What is the first harmonic?
The fundamental frequency
