Reading a Spectrogram

Question 1

noise, no clear formants

Answer 1

obstruent

Question 2

what are the 3 obstruent categories?

Answer 2

stop, fricative, affricate consonants

Question 3

steady, clearly defined formants

Answer 3

sonorants

Question 4

what are the 5 sonorant categories?

Answer 4

vowels, nasals, liquids, glides, consonants

Question 5

interval of noise, no closure, gradual onset

Answer 5

fricative

Question 6

closure period with little or no energy, sudden onset of noise with peaks where the following sound has formants

Answer 6

plosive

Question 7

closure period with little or no energy, sudden onset of noise extending from the highest frequencies

Answer 7

affricate

Question 8

long, intense, clearly defined formants

Answer 8

vowel

Question 9

fault transition, F1 on the baseline, weak F2, F3, F4

Answer 9

nasal

Question 10

gradual formant transitions

Answer 10

approximant

Question 11

short closure interval

Answer 11

tap

Question 12

obstruent with shorter noise duration, less intense noise comparably

Answer 12

voiced (longer interval of voicing pulses too)

Question 13

an obstruent with longer noise burst and long VOT

Answer 13

voiceless aspirated plosive

Question 14

vowel with a high F1

Answer 14

low

Question 15

vowel with a low F1

Answer 15

high

Question 16

vowel with F2 widely separated from F1

Answer 16

front

Question 17

vowel with F2 on top of F1

Answer 17

back

Question 18

approximant with F1 on the baseline, F2 is low, F3 is on top of F2

Answer 18

[ɹ]

Question 19

approximant with F1 on the baseline, F2 is low, F3 is widely separated from F2

Answer 19

[l]

Question 20

approximant with F1 on the baseline, F2 on top of F1, gradual transition

Answer 20

[w]

Question 21

approximant with F1 on the baseline, F2 far above F1, gradual transition

Answer 21

[j]

Question 22

fricative with intense noise from the highest frequencies, with intense noise NOT extending past F3

Answer 22

alveolar

Question 23

fricative with intense noise from the highest frequencies extending far down to F2, most intense noise lower

Answer 23

alveopalatal

Question 24

fricative with less intense noise, spread out over the frequency range

Answer 24

labiodental/dental

Question 25

stop with F2 and F3 in the neighboring vowel pointing down/lower

Answer 25

bilabial

Question 26

stop with F2 in the neighboring vowel pointing across/mid-range

Answer 26

alveolar

Question 27

stop with F2 in the neighboring vowel pointing up and meeting F3

Answer 27

velar (pinch)