Vocal File 2

Question 1

Sound Inventory

Answer 1

the new addition to our range of assessments and measuring tools.

Question 2

Phonetics

Answer 2

the study and classification of speech sounds.

Question 3

International phonetic alphabet

Answer 3

a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language.

Question 4

Received Pronunciation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

General American

Answer 5

the standard reference accent of North American English.

Question 6

Frequency

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Vocal tract

Answer 7

the cavity in human beings and in animals where the sound produced at the sound source (larynx in mammals; syrinx in birds) is filtered.

Question 8

Articulators

Answer 8

any of the vocal organs above the larynx, including the tongue, lips, teeth, and hard palate.

Question 9

Place of articulation

Answer 9

the point of contact where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an articulatory gesture.

Question 10

Bilabial

Answer 10

formed by closure or near closure of the lips, as in p, b, m, w.

Question 11

Alveolar

Answer 11

relating to or denoting the bony ridge that contains the sockets of the upper teeth.

Question 12

Labio-dentals

Answer 12

articulated with the lower lip touching the upper front teeth, as f or v, or, rarely, with the upper lip touching the lower front teeth.

Question 13

dental

Answer 13

a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth, such as /t/, /d/, /n/, and /l/ in some languages.

Question 14

inter-dental

Answer 14

situated or placed between the teeth.

Question 15

palato-alveolar

Answer 15

articulated with the blade or tip of the tongue approaching or touching the alveolar ridge and the main body of the tongue near the hard palate; having a primary alveolar articulation and a secondary palatal articulation.

Question 16

Palatal

Answer 16

relating to the palate.

Question 17

Velar

Answer 17

(of a speech sound) pronounced with the back of the tongue near the soft palate, as in k and g in English.

Question 18

Glottal

Answer 18

of or produced by the glottis.

Question 19

Manner articulation

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Fricatives

Answer 20

a consonant characterized by frictional passage of the expired breath through a narrowing at some point in the vocal tract