Vowels and r-colored vowels Flashcards
_______ are speech sounds formed without significant ________ of oral/pharyngeal cavities and serve as a syllable _______
Vowels are speech sounds formed without significant constriction of oral/pharyngeal cavities and serve as a syllable nucleus
__________ are pure vowels that have single unchanging sound quality and one primary position in the vocal tract.
Monopthongs are pure vowels that have single unchanging sound quality and one primary position in the vocal tract.
________ have a gradual change in articulation from first element (_____) to second element (______), complex dynamic sound quality, two distinct _______ positions, and are two vowels comprising one phoneme.
Diphthongs have a gradual change in articulation from first element (onglide) to second element (offglide), complex dynamic sound quality, two distinct articulatory positions, and are two vowels comprising one phoneme.
The ______ is always produced at a higher ______ than the ______ because the tongue _____ in the oral cavity for all english diphthongs
_______ are always either the “hid” or “put” phonemes
The offglide is always produced at a higher position than the onglide because the tongue rises in the oral cavity for all english diphthongs
Offglides are always either the “hid” or “put” phonemes
________ are sounds produced with a constriction in the vocal tract.
Consonants are sounds produced with a constriction in the vocal tract.
Vowels classified through tongue _______, tongue _________, lip _______, and ______ or ____ness
_______ vowels are longer in _______, require more muscle _______, and can end in _______ or _______ syllables
_____ vowels never end in a _______ syllable
Vowels classified through tongue height, tongue advancement, lip rounding, and tense or laxness
Tense vowels are longer in duration, require more muscle effort, and can end in stressed or unstressed syllables
Lax vowels never end in a stressed syllable
/i/ is a ______, front, ______, ______ phoneme
/i/ is a high, front, retracted, tense phoneme
“hid” is a ______, _______, retracted, _____ phoneme and also used in r-colored vowels
“hid” is a high, front, retracted, lax phoneme and also used in r-colored vowels
/e/ is a ____-____, ______, retracted, ______ phoneme.
/e/ is a mid-high, front, retracted, tense phoneme.
/Σ/ is a _____-_____, ______, retracted, ____ phoneme and part of an r-colored vowel (bears).
/Σ/ is a low-mid, front, retracted, lax phoneme and part of an r-colored vowel (bears).
/ae/ is a ______, ______, ______, lax phoneme
/ae/ is a low, front, retracted, lax phoneme
/u/ is a _____, _____, rounded, _____ phoneme and used in a diphthong (cute)
/u/ is a high, back, rounded, tense phoneme and used in a diphthong (cute)
“put” (upsilon) is a _____, _____, _____, lax phoneme and is used in an r-colored vowels
“put” (upsilon) is a high, back, rounded, lax phoneme and is used in an r-colored vowels
/o/ is a ____-____, _____, rounded, _____ phoneme
/o/ is a mid-high, back, rounded, tense phoneme
“raw” is a ____-____, ______, rounded, ______ phoneme.
“raw” is a mid-low, back, rounded, tense phoneme.
