Production - articulatory descriptions

Question 1

What is the mnemonic for articulatory descriptions

Answer 1

A -airstream
Very - Velum
Vocal - Vocal folds
Gladiator - Glottis
Vies - Voicing
Articulatory - Articulators
For - flow of air
Love - length

Question 2

How do you describe the airstream on all standard english words

Answer 2

The word is produced on a pulmonic eggressive airstream, where air flows out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, and out of either the oral cavity or nasal cavities.

Question 3

If a word is nasal is the velum lowered or raised?

Answer 3

The velum is lowered, opening up the nasal cavity and oral cavity, and air flows into both, however the articulators (PoA) create a complete closure in the oral cavity, meaning air escapes soley via the nasal cavity

Question 4

If a sound is voiced, what are the vocal folds doing?

Answer 4

Held together closely but loosely, creating vibration of the vocal folds

Question 5

If a sound is voiceless, what are the vocal folds doing?

Answer 5

Held wide apart, air flows freely out of the open glottis, causing no vibration of the vocal chords

Question 6

Describe the articulators in a plosive sound

Answer 6

A complete closure is made by the articulators and mouth (PoA here), creating a buildup of air, which is then released by the articulators creating a stop sound - if diacritics on aspiration mention whether it is fully aspirated, partially aspirated or has no aspiration (burst of air that comes out during the period of voicelessness after the release of a stop)

Question 7

Describe the articulators in a nasal sound

Answer 7

The velum is lowered, meaning air flows into both the oral and nasal cavities. The mouth is occluded at some point by the lips or tongue (PoA) and the airstream is expelled entirely through the nose, creating the nasal sound __

Question 8

Describe the articulators in a fricative sound

Answer 8

produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by articulators (PoA), so it is continually released under friction, creating the fricative sound __

Question 9

Describe the articulators in an approximant sound

Answer 9

the articulators (PoA) approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create friction

Question 10

Describe the articulators in the alveolar lateral approximant ‘l’

Answer 10

the airstream is blocked by the tongue against the alveolar ridge, forcing air around the tongue laterally, creating the l sound

Question 11

What is aspiration? How can it be described?

Answer 11

burst of air that comes out during the period of voicelessness after the release of a stop
- fully
partially
un-aspirated/ neglibly aspirated

Question 12

Describe the articulators in bilabial sounds

Answer 12

Involving narrowing or closure of the lips

Question 13

Describe the articulators in labiodental sounds

Answer 13

Involving the narrowing or closure of the top teeth and the bottom lip

Question 14

Describe the articulators in dental sounds

Answer 14

involving the narrowing or closure of the upper teeth and tongue tip

Question 15

Describe the articulators in alveolar sounds

Answer 15

Involving a narrowing or closure of the main body of the tongue and the alveolar ridge

Question 16

Describe the articulators in postalveolar sounds

Answer 16

Involving the narrowing or closure of the main body of the tongue and beyond the alveolar ridge but before the hard palate

Question 17

Describe the articulators in velar sounds

Answer 17

Involving the narrowing or closure of the main body of the tongue and the soft palate (velum)

Question 18

Describe the articulators in glottal sounds

Answer 18

Involving the narrowing or closure of the glottis

Question 19

Think of a 3-6 phoneme sound and create an articulatory description for it

Answer 19

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