Week 3 Vocab

Question 1

Sound inventory

Answer 1

pool of sounds used to construct words in a language

Question 2

Phonetics

Answer 2

Study and classification of speech sounds

Question 3

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 3

standardized transcription system

Question 4

frequency

Answer 4

cycles of vibration in air pressure

Question 5

vocal tract

Answer 5

entire passage above larynx (vocal organs)

Question 6

articulators

Answer 6

all parts of vocal apparatus

Question 7

Passive articulators

Answer 7

Upper teeth, hard palette, they do not move

Question 8

Active articulators

Answer 8

Tongue, lips, lower teeth; they do move

Question 9

place of articulation

Answer 9

point of closet constriction in vocal tract as criterion for description/ classification of consonants

Question 10

bilabial

Answer 10

sounds involving both lips

Question 11

alveolar

Answer 11

sounds obstructed at alveolar ridge

Question 12

labio-dentals

Answer 12

sound using lower lip and upper teeth

Question 13

inter-dentals

Answer 13

Upper lip and lower front teeth

Question 14

palato-alveolar

Answer 14

slightly further back on the aveolar ridge

Question 15

palatal

Answer 15

tongue raised towards hard palate

Question 16

plosives

Answer 16

burst of air sounds like “k”

Question 17

fricatives

Answer 17

air passing through a slight opening

Question 18

affirmatives

Answer 18

stoppage of airflow, followed by narrow friction

Question 19

approximates

Answer 19

articulators approach each other but do not cause strong constriction in vocal tract

Question 20

nasals

Answer 20

air escapes through nose, mouth is closed