VOCAB 2

Question 1

Sound Inventory

Answer 1

a accessible method for teachers to gather information on an individual child’s speech sound production

Question 2

Phonetics

Answer 2

the study and classification of speech sounds

Question 3

Articulatory Phonetics

Answer 3

is a subfield of phonetics that studies articulation and ways that humans produce speech

Question 4

Acoustic Phonetics

Answer 4

the branch of science dealing with the sounds of speech in terms of their frequency, duration, intensity, etc..

Question 5

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 5

an internationally recognized set of phonetic symbols developed in the 19th century to accurately represent the pronunciation of languages

Question 6

Diphthongs

Answer 6

a gliding speech sound that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another

Question 7

Vocal Tract

Answer 7

is the area from the nose and the nasal cavity down to the vocal cords deep in the throat

Question 8

Articulators

Answer 8

a person or a thing that articulates in phonetics

Question 9

Alveolar

Answer 9

sounds that involve the front portion of the tongue making contact with the alveolar ridge to form an effective constriction in the vocal tract

Question 10

Monophthong

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a vowel sound that throughout its duration has a single constant articulatory position

Question 11

Bilabial

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is a sound that involves the upper and the lower lips

Question 12

Labiodentals

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sounds involving the upper teeth and the lower lip

Question 13

Vowel Height

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the vertical position of the tongue relative to either the roof of the mouth or the aperture of the jaw

Question 14

Inter-dental

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produced by putting the tip of the tongue between the upper and the lower teeth

Question 15

Palato-alveolar

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articulated with the blade of the tongue held close to or touching the hard palate

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Palatal

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a constant sound produced by raising the blade or front of the tongue

Question 17

Velar Sound

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consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate, the back part of the roof the mouth

Question 18

Manner of Articulation

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is the configuration and interaction of the articulators when making a speech sound

Question 19

Glottal

Answer 19

consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract

Question 20

Vowel Frontness

Answer 20

is the location of the tongue in the mouth from back to front