Phonology Flashcards
(67 cards)
/ɑː/
central low rounded tense monothong
Palatal e.g
The front of the tongue comes close to the hard palate e.g /j/

a voiceless dental fricative
/θ/
/ə/
central mid lax unrounded
a voiced bilabial plosive
/b/
What is bilabial sound? Ex?
two lips come or press together e.g /p/, /b/, /m/, /w/

Alveolar ridge A short …… behind the …. teeth is a …. in the angle of the roof of the ….
Alveolar ridge A short …distance.. behind the ..upper.. teeth is a ..change.. in the angle of the roof of the ..mouth..
how many manners of articulation?
6: plosive, fricative, affricate, nasal, lateral, approximant
/ʃ/
a voiceless palato-alveolar fricative
high back lax rounded monothong
/uː/
/e/
mid front lax unrounded monothong
affricate
a combination of plosive and fricative, begin with Closure, then slow release, moving backward where a friction can be hear.
e.g. /tʃ/ /dʒ/
back mid tense rounded monothong
/ɔː/
sibilant and non-sibilant
sibilant are fricatives with a clear “hissing” noise /s,z,ʃ,ʒ/ and affricates /tʃ,dʒ/
fricative
restricting the air escape,air is not block -> no plosion, result in audible friction like a wind /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /ð/ /θ/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/
Velar
the back of the tongue touches the soft palate e.g /k/ /g/ /w/ /ŋ/

a voiced alveolar lateral/approximant
/l/
/z/
a voiced alveolar fricative
/h/
a voiceless glottal fricative
/p/
a voiceless bilabial plosive
Retroflex? e.g
The tongue tip is curled backward in the mouth e.g /r/

/ʒ/
a voiced palato-alveolar fricative
a voiced alveolar nasal
/n/
/s/
a voiceless alveolar fricative






