Phonetics Flashcards

(55 cards)

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Stops/Plosives

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/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/

All oral stops are make with the velopharyngeal port closed

Pressure builds up and is released in a burst

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/p/

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Voiceless Bilabial Stop

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/b/

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Voiced Bilabial Stop

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/t/

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Voiceless Alveolar Stop

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/d/

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Voiced Alveolar Stop

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/k/

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Voiceless Velar Stop

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/g/

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Voiced Velar Stop

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Fricatives

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/f/ /v/ /θ/ /ð/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/

Close approximation of articulators

  • Narrow channel of constriction in vocal tract
  • Turbulent airflow
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/f/

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Voiceless Labio-Dental Fricative

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/v/

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Voiced Labio-Dental Fricative

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/θ/ Theta

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Voiceless Interdental Fricative

Content

thing
thigh
thought

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/ð/ Eth

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Voiced Interdental Fricative

Function

the
these
breathe

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/s/

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Voiceless Alveolar Fricative

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/z/

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Voiced Alveolar Fricative

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/ʃ/ Esh

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Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Fricative

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/ʒ/ Ezh

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Voiced Palato-Alveolar Fricative

Very Infrequent

Vision

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Affricates

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/tʃ/ /dʒ/

A stop articulation followed by a fricative articulation

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/tʃ/

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Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate

church

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/dʒ/

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Voiced Palato-Alveolar Affricate

jive

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Nasals / Sonorants

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/m/ /n/ /ŋ/

All nasals are voiced

Airstream obstructed in oral cavity

Velopharyngeal port is open - airstream flows through nasal cavity

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/m/

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Voiced Bilabial Nasal

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/n/

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Voiced Alveolar Nasal

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/ŋ/

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Voiced Velar Nasal

/ng/
/n/ followed by /c/, /k/, or /x/

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Liquids / Approximants / Sonorants

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/l/ /r/

Narrow contraction but free flowing air

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/l/ "L"
Voiced Alveolar Lateral Liquid
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/r/
Voiced Lingua-Palatal Liquid
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/h/
Voiceless Glottal Fricative
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Glides
A consonant characterized by a continued, gliding motion of the articulators into the following vowel; aka a semi-vowel
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/w/
Voiced Labial-Velar Glide
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/j/
Voiced Palatal Glide
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/M/ "hw"
Voiceless Labial-Velar Glide
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/i/ "dotted i"
High Front Tense Unrounded We Peak Peek
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/ɪ/ "Cap I"
High Front Lax Unrounded ``` Skip Lip Gym Grip rip ```
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/ʊ/ "Upsilon
High Back Lax Rounded *Rounded is key Could Put Book Foot
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/u/ "Lowercase u"
High Back Tense Rounded ``` Tune Poof Toot Goose Youth ```
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/ɛ/ "Epsilon Greek E"
Mid Front Lax Unrounded Bed Pen Men Red
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/ə/ "Schwa"
Mid Central Lax Unrounded "uh" *Unstressed* ``` About Undone Ago Happen Balloon Undone ```
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/ɝ/ "Hooked Reverse Epsilon"
Mid Central Tense Rounded Long "er" *Stressed* ``` Perk Fur Bird Stir Sir Learn ```
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/ɚ/ "Schwar"
Mid Central Lax Rounded Short "er" *Unstressed" Father Acre Favor Butter
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/æ/ "Ash"
Low Front Lax Unrounded ``` Ash Pass Crash Class Mash ```
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/ʌ/ "Caret"
Low Central Lax Unrounded "uh" *Stressed* Flood Cup Rough Does
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/ɔ/ "Open O"
Low Back Tense Rounded
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/a/ "Script a"
Low Back Tense Unrounded ``` Hot Not Saw Caught Pot ```
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/ɑʊ/
"Ow" Loud Crowd Proud Now
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/ɑɪ/
"Eye" ``` Kite High Height Fly Pie ```
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/eɪ/
"ay" ``` Mane Neigh Prey May Great ```
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/ɔɪ/
"Oy" ``` Coin Join Boy Joy Foil ```
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/ju/
"You" Cute Feud Hue Few
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/ɪr/
"Ear" Rhotacized Vowel Beard Earplug Peer
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/ɛr/
"Air" Rhotacized Vowel Bear Lair Very Care
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/ɔr/
"Or" Rhotacized Vowel Board Cord Core Door
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/ar/
"Are" Rhotacized Vowel ``` Bar Harp Farther Archer Harpoon ```
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Cognates
When a pair of sounds differ ONLY in voicing
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Homotypic
When sounds have the same MANNER of articulation
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Homorganic
When sounds have the same PLACE of articulation