Choose your Vocab: File 2

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

Deals with these and other characteristics of speech sounds

Question 2

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 2

Most well-known and msot standardised transcription system

Question 3

‘Received Pronunciation’ (RP)

Answer 3

All sounds that occur in the standard accent of British English

Question 4

General American

Answer 4

the standard reference accent of North American english, for which the symbols are typically used

Question 5

Frequency

Answer 5

cycles of variation in air pressure

Question 6

Vocal tract

Answer 6

where speech sounds are shaped

Question 7

Articulators

Answer 7

all the parts of the vocal apparatus which are involved in speech productions

Question 8

Place of articulation

Answer 8

the point of closest constriction in the vocal tract as criterion for the description and classification of consonants

Question 9

Bilabial sounds

Answer 9

involving both lips

Question 10

Alveolar

Answer 10

with an obstruction at the alveolar ridge

Question 11

Labio-dentals

Answer 11

involve only the lower lip and additionally the upper teeth

Question 12

Inter-dental

Answer 12

the latter place of articulation

Question 13

Palato-alveolar sounds

Answer 13

the constriction between the hard palate and the alveolar ridge

Question 14

Palatal sounds

Answer 14

the tongue is raised toward the hard palate

Question 15

Glottal

Answer 15

place of articulation

Question 16

Manner or articulation

Answer 16

the various production methods of consonants

Question 17

Plosives

Answer 17

the burst of air at the moment of release, which sounds like small explosions

Question 18

Fricative

Answer 18

a characteristic noise after which this class of consonants

Question 19

Approximants

Answer 19

there is certainly no complete closure and the articulators leave enough space for the air to pass without audible friction

Question 20

Nasals

Answer 20

Only for one class of consonants the velum is lowered, leaving an open passage from the oral to the nasal cavity so that the ari can escape through the nose