the vocal tract

Question 1

what are sound waves

Answer 1

fluctuation of air pressure (amplitude over time)

Question 2

what creates a voiced sound

Answer 2

vocal folds vibrating together tight enough for air to still be pushed through, creates buzzing

Question 3

what creates a voiceless sound

Answer 3

vocal folds either too far apart or pinched together too tightly

Question 4

glottalic airstream:

Answer 4

ejectives ,implosives, larynx as piston

Question 5

what is responsible for opening/closing the glottis

Answer 5

arytenoid cartilages

Question 6

what either opens or closes to let air into the nasal and oral cavities

Answer 6

velar port. (velum/soft palate)

Question 7

in nasal sounds is the specific port lowered or raised

Answer 7

lowered

Question 8

basic building blocks of sentences

Answer 8

morphemes

Question 9

what is the diff between laryngeal and supralaryngeal systems

Answer 9

laryngeal is the larynx/parts included in the larynx. supralaryngeal is elsewhere

Question 10

true/false some speech parts simply serve as organs of speech with no other purpose

Answer 10

false

Question 11

what is the small apendage hanging down at the lower end of the soft palate

Answer 11

uvula

Question 12

which two airstream mechanisms are not used in sound systems of the human language

Answer 12

pulmonic ingressive and velaric egressive.