Vocab File 2

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

the study and classification of speech sounds.

Question 2

Acoustic Phonetics

Answer 2

concentrates on the physical properties of the speech sounds themselves

Question 3

Auditory Phonetics

Answer 3

investigates how speech sounds are perceived and processed by the listener

Question 4

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 4

an internationally recognized set of phonetic symbols developed in the late 19th century, based on the principle of strict one-to-one correspondence between sounds and symbols.

Question 5

Received Pronunciation (RP)

Answer 5

the standard form of British English pronunciation, based on educated speech in southern England.

Question 6

General American

Answer 6

the standard reference accent of North American English, for which the symbols are typically used.

Question 7

Pulmonic Egressive Airstream Mechanism

Answer 7

Sounds made by manipulating air as it is exhaled from the lungs

Question 8

Pulmonic Ingressive Airstream Mechanism

Answer 8

Sounds being made while breathing in

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

the rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light), usually measured per second.

Question 10

Vocal Tract

Answer 10

the passages above the larynx through which air passes in the production of speech, including the buccal, oral, nasal, and pharyngeal cavities.
Where speech sounds are shaped

Question 11

Vocal Organs

Answer 11

a term that refers to all parts of the body

involved in speech production, including also the parts up to the larynx such as lungs and trachea (windpipe).

Question 12

Articulators

Answer 12

any of the vocal organs above the larynx, including the tongue, lips, teeth, and hard palate.
They have active or passive

Question 13

Place of Articulation

Answer 13

the point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active, moving articulator (typically one part of the tongue) and a passive articulator (typically one part of the roof of the mouth).

Question 14

Bilabial Sounds

Answer 14

Involving both lips

Question 15

Alveolar

Answer 15

with an obstruction at the alveolar ridge

Question 16

Labio-dentals

Answer 16

involve only the lower lip and additionally the upper teeth. Ex) [f]

Question 17

palato-alveolar sounds

Answer 17

the constriction is between the hard palate

and the alveolar ridge, slightly further back than for alveolar sounds, such as [s]

Question 18

Palatal Sound

Answer 18

such as [j], the tongue is raised toward the hard

palate

Question 19

Manner of Articulation

Answer 19

describes how the different speech organs are involved in producing a consonant sound, basically how the airflow is obstructed.

Question 20

Stops

Answer 20

because the airflow is stopped completely

[p, b, t, d, k, ɡ]

Question 21

Plosives

Answer 21

because of the burst of air at the moment of release, which sounds like a small explosion

Question 22

Fricatives

Answer 22

are created when air forces its way through a narrow gap between two articulators at a steady pace.
[f, v, θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h]

Question 23

Approximants

Answer 23

in which the articulators approach each other, but do not cause a strong constriction in the vocal tract.