Phonetics

Question 1

orthography

Answer 1

regular spelling

Question 2

phonetic alphabet (IPA)

Answer 2

symbols that represent all of the sounds in all documented languages

Question 3

phones

Answer 3

individual sounds

Question 4

segments

Answer 4

discrete units of speech stream

Question 5

suprasegmental

Answer 5

larger properties of speech (stress/tone/intonation)

Question 6

subglottal system

Answer 6

from diaphragm to glottis

Question 7

supralaryngeal vocal tract

Answer 7

area above the larynx

Question 8

glottis

Answer 8

space between vocal folds

Question 9

voiced sounds

Answer 9

vocal folds vibrate

Question 10

voiceless sounds

Answer 10

vocal folds do not vibrate

Question 11

affricates

Answer 11

stop the air and release with friction (ch as in cheese and j as in joy)

Question 12

glides

Answer 12

short vowel followed by a long, strong vowel (you sound)

Question 13

liquids

Answer 13

some obstruction of the airstream but without friction (L sound)

Question 14

palatography

Answer 14

painting tongue to see where in the mouth the sounds are

Question 15

vowels are always ____

Answer 15

voiced

Question 16

air flows ___ in vowels

Answer 16

freely

Question 17

only _ and _ are tense vowels

Answer 17

[i] and [u]

Question 18

Monophthongs

Answer 18

one shape/sound/symbol

Question 19

Dipthongs

Answer 19

two vowels/shapes/sounds/symnols

Question 20

[∧]

Answer 20

wedge: always accented/stressed (sUn)

Question 21

[ə]

Answer 21

schwa: always unaccented/unstressed

Question 22

Describe Vowels

Answer 22

1. height (high/mid/low) 2. position (front/central/back) 3. lip rounding 4. tense vs lax