Chapter 2

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

study of language by examining the structure of speech sounds

Question 2

Phones

Answer 2

external sounds. noted by [ ]

Question 3

IPA

Answer 3

International Phonetic Alphabet. Makes languages more accessible and universal

Question 4

Segments

Answer 4

individual speech sounds

Question 5

Larynx

Answer 5

vocal chords

Question 6

Glottis

Answer 6

space between vocal chords

Question 7

Voiceless sounds

Answer 7

vocal chords are pulled apart with no vibrations

Question 8

Voiced sounds

Answer 8

vocal chords are together, creating vibrations

Question 9

Consonents

Answer 9

voiced or voiceless sounds created with most or full closure of the vocal tract

Question 10

Natural classes for consonents

Answer 10

Place of articulation, manner of articulation, voiced or voiceless, oral or nasal

Question 11

Vowels

Answer 11

little obstruction of the vocal tract. More sonorous, make up the nucleus of a syllable

Question 12

Glides

Answer 12

Rapidly articulated vowels

Question 13

Syllable

Answer 13

vowel is the nucleus of a syllable, for the most part

Question 14

Diphthongs

Answer 14

change in the quality of a single syllable

Question 15

Natural classes for vowels

Answer 15

height, backness, rounding, tense or not tense