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Phonetics Flashcards

(22 cards)

1
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Sound Inventory

A

Pool of sounds from which speakers use to construct the sounds of their language

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Phonetics

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Subdiscipline of linguistics that deals with characteristics of speech sounds

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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

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Most well-known and standardized phonetic transcription system

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4
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Received Pronunciation (RP)

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Symbols for all sounds that occur in the standard accent of British English in IPA

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5
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General American

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Symbols for sounds that occur in standard North American accent in IPA

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6
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Frequency

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Greater number of vibrations
(cycles of variation in air pressure)

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7
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Vocal Tract

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The entire passage
above the larynx

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Articulators

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All parts of the vocal apparatus which
are involved in speech production

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9
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Place of Articulation

A

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

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10
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Bilabial

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Sounds which are characterized by a constriction at the lips

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Alveolar

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Sounds which are characterized by placing the tongue against the back of the gum ridge at the top of the teeth

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Labio-dentals

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Sounds that involve only the lower lip and additionally the upper teeth

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13
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Dental/Interdental

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sounds produced with the tongue immediately behind the upper front
teeth or even protruding between upper and lower front teeth, no lips involved

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14
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Palato-Alveolar

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Sounds produced by the constriction of the tongue between the hard palate
and the alveolar ridge, slightly further back than for alveolar sounds

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15
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Palatal

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Sounds made by the tongue being raised toward the hard palate

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16
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Velar

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Sound made by the obstruction of the velum

17
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Glottal

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Point of articulation in which the airstream is obstructed at the glottis

18
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Manner of Articulation

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The various production methods of consonants

19
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Stops/Plosives

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Sounds made by a complete stop of airflow followed by a release

20
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Fricatives

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Sounds made by air passing through a slight opening, creating audible friction

21
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Affricates

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Sounds that combine two different manners of production: a stoppage of the airflow, followed by a prolonged release with only a narrow opening and therefore
audible friction