File 2 Flashcards
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consonants
speech sound produce with a constriction somewhere in the vocal tract that impedes airflow
syllable
a unit of speech , made up of an onset and rhyme
monosyllabic
consisting of only one syllable
onset
in a syllable, any consonant(s) that occurs before a rhyme
rhyme
ina syllable, the vowel and any consonant(s) that follow it
coda
in a syllable, any consonant(s) that occur in the rhyme, after the nucleus
nucleus
the core element of a syllable, carrying stress, length, and pitch (tone)it usually consist of a vowel or syllable consonant
diphthongs
a complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs
monophthongs
a simple novel, composed of a single configuration the vocal organ
running speech
the usual form of spoken language, with all the words and phrases run together, without pauses, in between them. Sometimes called the continuous speech
larynx
cartilage and muscle located at the top of the trachea, containing, the vocal folds, and the glottis; commonly reffered to as the voice box
labiodental
sound reduced by making contact between the lower lip and the upper teeth
bilabial
sound produced by bringing both lips together
alveolar
sound produce by raising the front of the tongue forward the front of the upper alveolar ridge
trachea
the windpipe; the tube between the larynx and the lungs through which air travels
glottis
the space between the vocal folds
voicing
vibration o the approximated vocal folds caused by air passing through them.when the vocal folds vibrate the a voiced sound is produced; when the vocal sounds do not vibrate, a voiceless sound is produced
voiced
sound made with the vocal folds vibrating
voiceless
sounds made without the vocal folds vibrating
spectrogram
a three dimensional representation of sound in which the vertical axis represents frequency, the horizontal axis represents time, and the darkness of shading represents amplitude
