The Vocal Tract part 2 sept 9

Question 1

What are the 4 speech processes and what do they do?

Answer 1

1. Airstream process
   - pulmonic or non
2. oronasal process
   - nasal or oral
3. Phonation Process
   - type of voicing
4. Articulatory Process
   - place and manner

Question 2

How do we use the 4 speech processes to speak?

Answer 2

1. first decide whether we are using the lung/not lung air
2. is the air coming out the nose or the mouth?
   - Raise the velum to shut nasal passage or not.
3. activate corresponding muscles in the larynx to make different types of voicing or not ex. breathy
4. where are you make a constriction and how are you making the constriction.

Question 3

Poll Question: Which out of the 4 speech processes determine the difference between /p/ and /b/

Answer 3

The phonation process as in English they are only difference in voicing.

Question 4

What are coronal sounds

Answer 4

One that are produced with the flexible front part (tip or blade) of the tongue.

Question 5

What are dorsal sounds?

Answer 5

Ones that are produced with the back of the tongue.

Question 6

Poll question: Which process is involved when you produce the sound n?

Answer 6

All of them! Everytime you speak you use all of the processes