Phonetics vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Transcript system which have a seperate symbol for each sound
Phonetics
- subdiscipline of linguistics
2. deals with characteristics of speech sound
Affricates
complex sound
Received Pronunciation (RA)
The sound or sample word occurs in the standard british english accent
General American
Standard accent for north American English
2 name for speaking and what they mean
- Pulmonic egressive airstream mech - exhale while speaking
2. Pulmonic ingressive airstream mech - inhale while speaking
Vocal Tract
entire area above the larynx where speech sound is formed
articulators
bonus- name both
All parts of vocal apparatus which are involved in speech production
Bonus - active and passive
Place of articulation
point of closest constriction in the vocal tract
- bilabial
- alvenlar
- Labio-dentals
- palato-alveolar
- palatal
- velar
- glottel
Manner of articulation
various production methods of consonants
Fricative
air passing through slight opening and creating audio friction
approximants
articulators that approach each other but do not cause strong constrictions in vocal tract
nasal
few consonant sounds that escape through the nasal passage
Vocal Cords (FoldS)
2 small folds in located at the lower end of the larynx
voiced vs voiceless
voiced- sound produced with vibration
voiceless- no vibration in vocal cord
vowel frontness
front and back dimensions of a sound
Vowel height
high low dimensions of sound
Diphthong
particular vowel sounds in which there is change in auditory quality with single symbols
Monophthong
simple vowel sounds which show no such change (as diphthongs) in quality
Sound inventory
pool of sound that english speakers use to construct language.
