Sounds and Sound Systems

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

the general study of characteristics of speech sounds

Question 2

Articulatory Phonetics

Answer 2

how speech sounds are made

Question 3

Acoustic Phonetics

Answer 3

the physical properties of speech as sound waves

Question 4

Auditory Phonetics

Answer 4

the perception of speech sounds via the ear

Question 5

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 5

there is a distinct letter for each distinct sound

Question 6

How are speech sounds described

Answer 6

Place of articulation and manner of articulation

Question 7

Vowels

Answer 7

made with free flowing air, the tongue and lips change the shape of the vocal tract to create different sounds

Question 8

Consonants

Answer 8

obstruct sound enough to create noise of stop sound completely

Question 9

Phones

Answer 9

speech sounds, individual language only distinguished a fraction of all possible speech sounds

Question 10

Phonology

Answer 10

the study of sounds in the systems of languages

Question 11

Phonemes

Answer 11

distinct contrastive sounds within an individual language’s phonology, but phonemes may consist of multiple allophones

Question 12

Allophones

Answer 12

different sounds