File 2

Question 1

Palatography

Answer 1

experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth

Question 2

Sound Spectrograph

Answer 2

equipment that generates spectrograms from speech imput

Question 3

Monophthongs

Answer 3

a simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs

Question 4

Diphythongs

Answer 4

A complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs

Question 5

Intonation

Answer 5

patterns of speech movements across a stretch of speech such as a sentence

Question 6

The speech production mechanism

Answer 6

1. larynx (voice box)
2. supralaryngeal vocal tract
   - nasal cavity
   - oral cavity
   - pharynx (throat)
3. subglottal system (respiratory system)
   - trachea (windpipe)

Question 7

Labiodental

Answer 7

sound produced by making contact between the lower lip and the upper teeth

Question 8

Interdentals

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Alveolar

Answer 9

sound produced by raising the front of the tongue toward the front of the upper alveolar ridge

Question 10

Alveolar ridge

Answer 10

bony ridge of the upper lower jaw that contains the sockets for teeth.

Question 11

Retroflex

Answer 11

sound produced by curling the tip of the tongue back behind the alveolar ridge, usually to the top of the mounth

Question 12

Bilabial

Answer 12

sound produced by bringing both lips together

Question 13

Rounding

Answer 13

a property of the production of vowels having to do with whether the lips are rounded or not

Question 14

Palatal

Answer 14

sound made by raising the body of the tongue toward the hard part of the roof of the mouth

Question 15

Trill

Answer 15

a sound produced by bringing two articulators together in a series of quick taps

Question 16

Approximants

Answer 16

consonant sound produced by constriction of the vocal tract that is not narrow enough to block the vocal tract or cause turbulance

Question 17

Airstream mechanism

Answer 17

ways to produced a stream of moving air through the vocal track for the production of speech sounds

Question 18

Formats

Answer 18

resonant frequency that amplifies some groups of harmonics above others, appears as a dark band on spectrogram

Question 19

Spectrogram

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Aspiration

Answer 20

a puff of air that follows the release of a consonant when there is a delay in the onset voicing