Place Of Articulation

Question 1

1. Lungs
2. Larynx (+vocal cords)
3. Pharynx
4. Oral cavity (mouth)
5. Nasal cavity

Answer 1

Primary vocal organs

Question 2

Main articulators:

Answer 2

Tongue
Lips
Teeth
Alveolar ridge
Hard palate
Velum (soft palate)
Glottis

Question 3

Very important to produce speech sounds: altering shape and movement results in different sounds

Answer 3

Oral cavity

Question 4

Articulators inside oral cavity

Answer 4

Upper articulators: upper lip, upper teeth, upper surface of mouth, pharyngeal wall
Lower articulators: lower lip, lower teeth, tongue

Question 5

Upper articulators:

Answer 5

Upper lip, upper teeth, upper surface of mouth, pharyngeal wall

Question 6

Lower articulators:

Answer 6

Lower lip, lower teeth, tongue

Question 7

At the front of the mouth
Bilabial sounds are made with both _______
Lablodental sounds involve lower _______ and upper teeth

Answer 7

PoA: lips

Question 8

[ p,b,m]

Answer 8

Bilabial sounds

Question 9

[f, v]

Answer 9

Labiodental

Question 10

The ______ are involved when the tongue touches or is close to the upper ______: dental sounds

Answer 10

PoA: teeth

Question 11

The _______ (or soft palate ) is further back in the mouth behind the hard palate. the body of the tongue approaches or touches the soft palate: velar sounds

Answer 11

PoA: velum

Question 12

[θ, ð]

Answer 12

Dental

Question 13

The _______________ is the bumpy area just behind the upper teeth. Alveolar sounds: tip of the tongue touches the ______________

Answer 13

PoA: alveolar ridge

Question 14

[ t, d, n, s, z, ɾ, l, ɹ]

Answer 14

Alveolar

Question 15

The _________ is the hard part of the roof of the mouth. Palatal sounds involve the front of the tongue against the hard palate

Answer 15

PoA: palate

Question 16

[j]

Answer 16

Palatal

Question 17

[k, g, ŋ]

Answer 17

Velar sounds

Question 18

The _______ is the small fleshy part hanging at the back of the soft palate. Uvular sounds are not typical in English but are found in other languages

Answer 18

PoA: uvula

Question 19

[q]

Answer 19

Uvula sound not found in English

Question 20

Nasal sounds involve airflow passing through the______________

Answer 20

PoA: nasal cavity

Question 21

Velum raises to prevent air from escaping through the nose: velic closure sounds made with a velic closure: oral sounds
Velum lowers (resting state), air can escape through the nose: velic opening sounds made with a velic opening: nasal sounds

Answer 21

Oral vs nasal sounds

Question 22

[m, n, ŋ]

Answer 22

PoA: nasal cavity

Question 23

The______ is the space between the vocal cords. Glottal sounds are produced by constricting airflow at the______

Answer 23

PoA: glottis

Question 24

[h]

Answer 24

Glottal fricative

Question 25

Glottal stop

Answer 25

[ʔ]

Question 26

Crucial for most sounds • continuous surface, but for descriptions of articulation, it is divided into 5 parts

Answer 26

PoA: tongue

Question 27

The tip or apex of the ________ is the very front part, which can touch the upper front teeth or alveolar ridge

Answer 27

PoA: tip (apex) of the tongue

Question 28

Tip articulating with the upper teeth

Answer 28

Dental sounds [thin, then]

Question 29

Tip articulating with alveolar ridge:

Answer 29

Alveolar sounds [ toe, doe, no ]

Question 30

the ______ is just behind the tip of the tongue, typically touching or approaching the alveolar ridge or the area just behind it

Answer 30

PoA: blade of the tongue

Question 31

Blade articulating with back of the alveolar ridge

Answer 31

Postalveolar sounds

Question 32

The _____ of the tongue is the area just behind the blade. • lies below the hard palate when resting • is important for producing front vowels, and some consonants when articulating with the palate e.g. yes

Answer 32

PoA: front of the tongue

Question 33

The____ of the tongue, or dorsum, is the area that rises toward the soft palate (velum). e.g. kick, keg, king

Answer 33

PoA: back (dorsum) of the tongue

Question 34

The____ of the tongue is the part that is anchored to the bottom of the mouth and extends toward the throat. • root articulating with the back wall of the pharyngeal cavity: pharyngeal sounds • Note: English does not use the root for speech

Answer 34

PoA: root of the tongue

Question 35

accent, dialect, individual variation Agree to disagree slightly sometimes and appreciate the differences

Answer 35

Vowel caveat

Question 36

Vowel articulations may be harder to describe and distinguish because

Answer 36

Not as visible as consonants

Question 37

3 ways to describe and distinguish vowels

Answer 37

1. Height 2. Advancement 3. Rounding

Question 38

Height

Answer 38

How high is the tongue?

Question 39

Advancement

Answer 39

What position is the tongue in the oral cavity

Question 40

Rounding

Answer 40

What is the position of the lips?

Question 41

On the IPA vowel chart, the vertical dimension (up and down) represents how far the body of the tongue is from the roof of the mouth

Answer 41

English vowels : height

Question 42

On the IPA vowel chart, the horizontal dimension (left to right) represents how far forward or backward the tongue is in the mouth

Answer 42

English vowels: advancement

Question 43

Vowel rounding refers to the shape of the lips during the articulation of a vowel. It describes whether the lips are rounded (pushed together and protruding) or unrounded (relaxed and spread apart)

Answer 43

Vowel rounding

Question 44

[u, ʊ, o, ɔ]

Answer 44

Rounded vowels

Question 45

Tense/ lax (3 features )

Answer 45

1. Articulatory effort 2. duration 3. Spectral properties

Question 46

Tense vowels are typically _______ in duration

Answer 46

Longer than lax vowels

Question 47

Tense vowels generally exhibit more _____ format values

Answer 47

Extreme

Question 48

Function as consonants when precede vowel [jɛl] [wɛl] yell well When follow vowel, they are ½ of a diphthong

Answer 48

Glides

Question 49

the tongue body moves into one position and remains there for the duration of the vowel

Answer 49

Monophthongs

Question 50

Complex vowels like [aj] involve a continuous movement of the tongue body from one position to another

Answer 50

Diphthongs

Question 51

[aj]

Answer 51

the first symbol represents the starting point of the tongue body (vowel) and the second symbol represents the direction of movement (glide)