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Test 2 Terms Flashcards

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Phonetics

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the study of speech sounds

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Acoustics Phonetics

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focuses on the physical properties of speech sounds

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Auditory Phonetics

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Focuses on how listeners perceive sounds of language

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Articulatory Phonetics

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Focuses on how vocal tracts produce the sounds

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Orthography

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Spelling

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The Phonetic Alphabet

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Uses symbols to explain pronunciation of words

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International Phonetic Alphabet

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Invented in order to have a system in which there was a one-to-one correspondence between each sound in language and each phonetic symbol
- once known, one can pronounce any world in any language

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Glottis

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opening between vocal cords

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Larynx

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Voice Box

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Pharynx

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Tubular part of the throat above the larynx

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Oral Cavity

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Mouth

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Nasal Cavity

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Nose and the passages connecting it to the throat and sinuses

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Vocal Tract

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Section all the way from above the larynx to the top of the nasal cavity

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Consonants

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Sounds produced with some restriction or closure in the vocal tract

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Place of Articulation

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part on where in the vocal tract the airflow is being restricted

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Bilabials

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Produced by bringing both lips together
- [p] [b] [m]

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Labiodentals

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Produced by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
- [f] [v]

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Interdental

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Produced by putting the tip of the tongue between the teeth
- [θ] [ð]

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Alveolars

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Produces by raising the tongue to the alveolar ridge in some way
-[t] [d] [n] (produced by tip of tongue touching the alveolar ridge or just in front of it)
-[s] [z] (produces with sides of the front of the tongue raised but the tip lowered to allow air to escape)
- [l] (tip of the tongue raised while the rest of the tongue remains down so air can escape over sides)
-[ɹ] (air escapes through central part of mouth, either tip of tongue curled behind the alveolar or the top of the tongue is bunched up behind the alveolar ridge)

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Alveolar Ridge

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thick boney crests that exists in the upper and lower portions of the jawbone

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Palatals

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Produced by raising the front part of the tongue to the palate
- [tʃ] [dʒ] [ʃ] [ʒ]

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Velars

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Produced by raising the back of the tongue to the soft palate or velum
- [k] [g] [ŋ]

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Velum

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the rood of the oral cavity and separates the nasal and oral cavities from one another

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Uvulars

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Produced by raising the back of the tongue to the uvula
-[R] [q] [G]
-Not English sounds i don’t think

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Uvular Trill

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A type of consonantal sound created when placing the back of the tongue against the uvular and move air to cause the uvula to vibrate on its own

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Glottals

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Produced by restricting the airflow throgh the open glottis
- [h]

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Glottal Stop

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Produces by stopping air completely at the glottis
- [ʔ]

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Manner of articulation

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the way the airstream is affect as it flows from the lungs and out of the mouth and nose

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Voiced Sounds

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Produced when the vocal cords are together and vibrate as air passes through

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Tone Languages

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Languages that use pitch to contrast the meaning of words

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Register Tone

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Language when the majority of syllables maintain the same level or register

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Contour Tone

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language when one shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word

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Pitch contour

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The sequence of directions of pitch changes from note to note

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Intonation Languages

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languages that use varies pitch contour across an utterance but pitch isn’t used to distinguish words

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Tense Vowels

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  • are produced with greater tension in the tongue
  • may occur at the end of words

i (beat)
e (bait)
u (boot)
o (boat)
a (hah)
aI (high)
aʊ (how)

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Lax Vowels

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  • are produced with less tongue tension
  • may not occur at the end of words

I (bit)
ɛ (bet)
ʊ (put)
ɔ (bore)
ɔI (boy)
æ (hat)
ʌ (hut)
ə (about)

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