Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Sound spectograph
a tool to study acoustic phonetics.
Monophthongs
simple vowels, composed of a sequence of the vocal tract.
Diphthongs
complex vowels, composed of a sequence of two different configurations.
Stress
like tone, is a property of entire syllables, not segments.
Syllable
a unit of speech.
Running speech or continuous speech
speaking in phrases and sentences, with all the words run together.
Phonetics
study of the minimal units that make up language.
Articulatory phonetics
the study of the production of speech sounds.
Acoustic phonetics
the study of the transmission and the physical properties of speech sounds.
Auditory phonetics
the study of the perception of speech sounds.
Bilabial consonants
consonants that are made by bringing both lips closer together.
Labiodental consonants
consonants that are made with the lower lip against the upper from teeth.
Interdentals consonants
consonants that are made with the tip of the tongue protruding between the from teeth.
Alveolar sounds
sounds that are made with the tongue tip at or near the alveolar.
Post-alveolar sounds
sounds that are made a bit further back.
Palatal sounds
sounds that are made with the tongue near the center of the hard portion of the roof of the mouth.
Velar consonants
consonants that are produced at the soft part of the roof of the mouth behind the hard palate—the velum.
Glottal sounds
sounds that are produced at the larynx.
Location
the first parameter of sign articulation.
Aspiration
when air rushes out of the mouth after the release of the stop closure and before the onset of the vowel.
