What is Phonetics?

Question 1

palatography

Answer 1

Experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth (static or dynamic)

Question 2

onset

Answer 2

In a syllable, any consonant(s) that occurs before the rhyme

Question 3

rhyme

Answer 3

In a syllable, the vowel and any consonants that follow it

Question 4

larynx

Answer 4

Cartilage and muscle located at the top of the trachea, containing the vocal folds and glottis; commonly referred to as the voice box

Question 5

glottis

Answer 5

The space between the vocal folds

Question 6

place of articulation

Answer 6

The place in the vocal tract where the constriction fir the production of a speech sound is made

Question 7

interdental (speech sound)

Answer 7

Sound produced by positioning the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower teeth

Question 8

alveolar (speech sound)

Answer 8

Sound produced by raising the front of the tongue toward the alveolar ridge

Question 9

post-alveolar

Answer 9

Sound produced by raising the tongue toward the front part of the palate, just behind the alveolar ridge

Question 10

velar (speech sound)

Answer 10

Sound produced by raising the back of the tongue toward the velum

Question 11

glottal (speech sound)

Answer 11

Sounds produced at the larynx

Question 12

manner of articulation

Answer 12

Term used to refer to how the airstream is modified by the articulators in the vocal tract to produce a sound

Question 13

stop

Answer 13

Sound produced by completely obstructing the airstream in the oral cavity and then quickly releasing the constriction to allow the air to escape

Question 14

fricative

Answer 14

Sound made by forming a nearly complete obstruction of the airstream so that when air passes through the small passage, turbulent airflow (i.e., frication) is produced

Question 15

affricate

Answer 15

Sound produced by complete obstruction of the airflow followed by a slight release of the obstruction, allowing frication. An affricate can be thought of as a combination of a stop and fricative

Question 16

nasal (speech sound)

Answer 16

Sound produced by making a complete obstruction of the airflow in the oral cavity and lowering the velum to allow air to pass through the nasal cavity, unlike oral stops

Question 17

liquid

Answer 17

Consonant sound produced by an obstruction of airflow that is less narrow tan that of strops or fricatives, but more narrow than that of glides

Question 18

glide

Answer 18

Sound produced with a constriction in the vocal tract that is only slightly more constricted than that of vowels

Question 19

aspiration

Answer 19

A puff of air that follows the release of a consonant when there is a delay in the onset of voicing. Symbolized by a superscript

Question 20

suprasegmental (feature)

Answer 20

A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such as length, intonation, tone, or stress