vowels Flashcards

1
Q

vowels

A

use pulmonic airstream
voiced
open vocal tract

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2
Q

resonate

A

vibrate in response to force

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3
Q

air filled tubes resonate depending on

A

open at one end or both ends
length
shape
vocal tract diameter

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4
Q

Fo

A

rate of vf vibration

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5
Q

pitch

A

perceptual correlate of Fo

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6
Q

Fo controlled by

A

cricothyroid/thryoarytenoid contraction
sub glottal pressure

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7
Q

frequency of string depends on

A

length tension density

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8
Q

harmonics

A

positive # multiples of fo
vocal folds = source

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9
Q

formants

A

bands of frequency in spectrum
greater intensity

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10
Q

resonators

A

containers of air

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11
Q

vocal tract

A

acts as resonator and filter

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12
Q

male vocal tract

A

17 cm

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13
Q

female vocal tract

A

14 cm

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14
Q

calculating wavelength

A

4 x lengthc

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15
Q

calculate frequency w/ velocity

A

34400/w

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16
Q

vocal tract resonate at

A

odd # multiples of lowest freq

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17
Q

vocal tract transfer function

A

tube closed at one end and open at the other
tube resonate best at 4x length of freq

18
Q

vocal tract transfer equation

A

Fn = c/l
f1 = lowest freq

19
Q

F1, 2, 3

20
Q

container 1

A

air behind tongue
pharynx

21
Q

container 2

A

air above and around tongue
oral

22
Q

formant 1

A

air in container 1

23
Q

formant 2

A

air in container 2

24
Q

primary resonating cavities

A

nasal oral pharyngeal

25
extrinsic muscles
move diff positions
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intrinsic muscles
curl flatten
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if lips came forward, vocal tract __, frequency __
bigger decreases
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if lips spread, vocal tract __, frequency __
smaller increases
29
airstream mechanisms
initiating speech sound pulmonic velaric glottalic
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pulmonic
lungs most speech sounds
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velaric
move air out of mouth
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glottalic
pharynx upward glottis = air out downward glottis = air in
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acoustic energy lost in vocal tract
glottal opening absorbent pharynx walls air particle friction
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source filter model
sounds from larynx vocal tract resonance radiation from lips radiated acoustic pressure wave
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f1
mouth opening
36
f2
oral cavity size
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f3
front vs back constriction
38
vocal tract articulatory posture described
tongue height/advancement
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front vowels open
f1 increases f2 decreases
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back vowels open
f1 increases f2 unclear
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perception of vowel height
f1
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vowels back to front
f2 increase inconsistently f1 and f2 relationship distance increases