Unit 3 continued

Question 1

Syllable stress

Answer 1

• Duration of vowel will be longer than the same vowel in a non stressed syllable
• The stressed syllable has a longer duration, higher pitch, frequency7, and amplitude

Question 2

Shape of tube

Answer 2

• The straight tube has a narrow wide band

- If you bend the tube, the bandwidth will get wider and amplitude will go down

Question 3

Dampening characteristics

Answer 3

• More absorbent you have, the wider the band width, the lower the amplitude

Question 4

Tube length

Answer 4

• If the tube gets shorter, formants get higher

- Rounding the lips makes the tube longer

Question 5

Higher frequency

Answer 5

• Results in wider bandwidth

- If it gets too wide, speech becomes unclear but too narrow causes unnatural sound

Question 6

COnstriction

Answer 6

• Decrease constriction, vowel longer