Flashcards in Physiological and acoustic phonetics: a speech science foundation Deck (59)
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The study of speech sounds
Phonetics
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Language as a system with its organized components
Linguistics
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Systems necessary to produce sound for speech
Respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation
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a code or system of symbols used to express concepts formed through exposure and experience
language
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The scientific study of the sound systems and patterns used to create the sounds and words of a language
Phonology
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The smallest unit of sound that can affect meaning
phonemes
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Variations of phonemes
allophones
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Open syllables
end in vowels
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closed syllables
end in consonants
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What are the 3 parameters for consonant description?
Place, manner, voicing
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Place of articulation
refers to the location of the sounds' production within the speech production mechanism
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Voicing
refers to vocal fold vibration during production of sounds
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Manner of articulation
refers to the degree or type of constriction of the vocal tract during consonant production
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What are the bilabial sounds?
p, b, m, w
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What are the labiodental sounds?
f, v
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What are the linguadental sounds?
voiced and voiceless th
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What are the lingua-alveolar sounds?
n, t, d, s, z, l
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What are the linguapalatal sounds?
sh, dg, ch, r, y
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What are the linguavelar sounds?
ng, k, g
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What is the glottal sound?
h
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Nasal sounds
m, n, ng
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Stops
p, b, t, d, k, g
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Fricatives
f, v, th-voiced and voiceless, s, z, sh, h
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Liquids
l, r
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Glides
w, j
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What are cognate pairs?
Sounds that are identical in every way except voicing
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Describe nasal sounds
Produced by keeping the velopharyngeal port open- allows for sound produced by the vibrating VF to pass through the nasal cavity
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Describe fricative sounds
Sounds that have a "hissing" quality that results fromm the continuous forcing of air through a narrow constriction
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Describe affricates
Have both a stop and a fricative component
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