Phonetics

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phonetics

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study of minimal units that make up language

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minimal units of spoken language

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consonants, vowels, melodies, rhythms

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three phonetic studies

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articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics

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articulatory phonetics

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study of production of speech sounds

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acoustic phonetics

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study of transmission and physical properties of speech sounds

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auditory phonetics

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study of perception of speech sounds

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phone

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one sound

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segment

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discrete unit of speech (consonants and vowels)

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suprasegmentals

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properties that aren’t discrete - stress, tone, intonation

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consonants

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produced with constriction along vocal tract

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vowels

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produced with free airflow through vocal tract

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in phonetic alphabet one symbol represents

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one sound (phone)

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if two sounds distinguish one word from another, they should

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be represented by different symbols

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if two sounds are very similar, and differences arise only in specific contexts, then

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same symbol is still used

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syllable

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unit of speech that can contain a single sound or multiple sounds (composed of rhyme and onset)

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rhyme

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vowel and following consonants of a syllable

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rhyme composed of

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coda and nucleus

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nucleus

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vocal part

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coda

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final consonants

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onset

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consonants preceding the rhyme

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monophthongs

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simple vowels - single configuratoin of vocal tract

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diphthongs

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complex vowels - sequence of two configurations of vocal tract

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running/continuous speech

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casual talk - pronounciation differs from when each separate word is pronounced

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articulation

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motion/positioning of vocal tract for production of speech

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consonants characterization

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voice(less), place of articulation, manner of articulation

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manner of articulation

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how is airstream constricted

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larynx

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contained vocal folds and glottis

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vocal tract

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oral and nasal cavaties

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subglottal system

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respiratory components below the larynx

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pulmonic egressive airstream

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mechanism of sound production in which sounds made by exhaling

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trachea

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windpipe, inferior to the larynx

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epiglottis

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flap of tissue that can lower to cover the vocal folds

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glottis

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opening between vocal fold

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voicing

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vibration of vocal folds when closed

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bilabial

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bringing lips close together

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labiodental

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lower lip against upper front teeth

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interdental

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tip of tongue between upper and lower front teeth

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alveolar

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tip of tongue at alveolar ridge

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post-alveolar

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tongue at hard palate

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palatal

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tongue near center of hard palate

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velar

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soft part of mouth behind hard palate

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glottal

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produced at the larynx

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stop

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constrict airflow completely in oral cavity

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fricative

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near complete obstruction of airflow

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affricates

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sequence of stop to fricative

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nasals

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velum lowered to allow airflow into nasal tract (all voiced in english)

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liquids

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constriction of vocal tract but not enough to block of cause turbulance

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turbulance caused by which manner of articulation

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fricatives

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lateral liquid

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center blocked, sides allow airflow

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retroflex liquid

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curling tip of tongue behind alveolar ridge

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syllabic consonants

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consonants that act as vowel to form a syllabic nucleus

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glides

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slight closure of articulators

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flap

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tip of tongue quickly strikes roof of mouth

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vowels characterized by

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tongue height, retraction, roundness, tense/lax

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low vowel

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open jaw and low tongue

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high vowel

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tongue close to roof of mouth

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mid vowel

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tongue at intermediate height in mouth

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front vs back vowel

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tongue forward vs back in mouth

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round vs unrounded

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lips form O shape or not

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tense vowel

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more extreme change in tongue position

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law vowel

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tongue doesn't extend to periphery of vowel space

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diphthongs are the vowel variation of

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affricates