Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
palatography
experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth; can be static or dynamic
sound spectrograph
equipment that generates 3D representations from speech input
impressionistic phonetic transcription
method of writing down speech sounds with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced; usually based simply on how the sounds are perceived when heard without any special analysis
What are the five parameters of signed languages
Location, Movement, Handshape, Orientation, Non-Manual Markers
suprasegmental
phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such as length, intonation, tone, or stress, that “rides on top of” segmental features; must usually be identified by comparison to the same feature on other sounds or strings of sounds
diphthongs
complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs
Name the Places of Articulation (8)
bilabial, labiodental, interdentals, alveolar, post-alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal
voiced sounds vs. voiceless sounds
sounds made with the vocal cords vibrating
sounds made without a vibration
Three components of the body involved with speech
larynx, vocal tract, subglottal system
articulatory gesture
movement of a speech organ in the production of speech, for example, the movement of the velum for the production of a nasal consonant
running speech
usual form of spoken language, with all the words and phrases run together, without pauses in between them; continuous speech
monophthongs
simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs
phone
speech sound; written in square brackets, i.e., [t]
tone languages
language that uses pitch contrast on syllables to signal a difference in word meaning
lax
vowel sound that has a less peripheral position in the vowel space
pitch accents
change in fundamental frequency used to put prominence on a particular word in an utterance
nasalized vowels
vowel produced while lowering the velum to allow air to pass through the nasal cavity
palatalized
term used to describe the articulation of a sound which involves the tongue moving toward the hard palate
intonation
commonly refers to the pattern of pitch movements across a stretch of speech such as a sentence; meaning of a sentence can depend in part on the intonation contour of the sentence
edge tones
change in fundamental frequency at the end of a phrase, for example, to indicate a question or statement
