Phonetics Flashcards
(29 cards)
What are the 7 articulators?
1-Alveolar ridge 2-Velum 3-Uvula 4-Epiglottis 5-Lips 6-Teeth 7-Tongue
what are the four speech organs?
1-Lungs
2-Mouth
3-Throat
4-Nose
Phonology?
The use of speech sounds in language
Phonetics?
The study of human speech sounds
Acoustic phonetics?
The physical manifestation of speech waves
Auditory phonetics?
How we perceive speech sounds
The vocal tract is made up of? (3)
Larynx, mouth and nose.
What is initiation?
When air passes from the lungs, upwards and outwards through the vocal tract
What egressive pulmonic airflow?
Air flowing outwards from the lungs
Ingressive air?
Speaking whilst inhaling in
What is phonation?
When air is converted into vibrations
Where is air converted into vibrations?
larynx
Where does phonation take place?
larynx
What is articulation?
Air is manipulated to make specific sound
Where is articulation?
The upper vocal tract.
6 parts of the tongue?
Blade front tip back dorsum root
What are plosives?
They involve a small ‘explosion’ of air and its released from the articulators
What are fricatives?
They involve high frequency energy, like friction between articulators
Approximants?
Open approximation, wide degree of stricture, can be maintained
Nasal?
Same close-hold-release gesture as plosives, but the velum is lowered and airflows through the nasal passage.
plosive examples?
p
d
b
fricative examples?
z
s
approximates examples?
w
l
y
nasal examples?
aba
