Vocab

Question 1

Palatography

Answer 1

Experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth.

Question 2

Sound spectrograph

Answer 2

Equipment that generates spectrograms from speech input.

Question 3

Segments

Answer 3

The individual units of the speech stream.

Question 4

Supra segmentals

Answer 4

A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds.

Question 5

Monophthong

Answer 5

A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs.

Question 6

Dipthong

Answer 6

A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs.

Question 7

Larynx

Answer 7

Cartilage and muscle located at the top of trachea, containing the vocal folds and the glottis.

Question 8

Vocal tract

Answer 8

The entire air passage above the larynx, consisting of the pharynx, oral cavity, and nasal activity.

Question 9

trachea

Answer 9

The windpipe.

Question 10

Vocal folds

Answer 10

Folds of muscle in the larynx responsible for creating voiced sounds when they vibrate.

Question 11

Glottis

Answer 11

The space between the vocal folds.

Question 12

Voicing

Answer 12

Vibration of the approximated vocal folds caused by air passing through them.

Question 13

Place of articulation

Answer 13

Where the vocal tract is made narrower

Question 14

Bilabial

Answer 14

Consonants made by bringing both lips closer together.

Question 15

Labiodental

Answer 15

Consonants made with the lower lip against the upper front teeth.

Question 16

Interdental

Answer 16

Made with the tip of the tongue protruding between the front teeth.

Question 17

Palatal

Answer 17

Sounds made with the tongue near the enter of the hard portion of the root of the mouth.

Question 18

Velar

Answer 18

Consonants produced at the soft part of the roof of the mouth the hard palate.

Question 19

Velum

Answer 19

the hard palate

Question 20

Glottal

Answer 20

sounds produced at the larynx