Test 2 Terms

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

the study of speech sounds

Question 2

Acoustics Phonetics

Answer 2

focuses on the physical properties of speech sounds

Question 3

Auditory Phonetics

Answer 3

Focuses on how listeners perceive sounds of language

Question 4

Articulatory Phonetics

Answer 4

Focuses on how vocal tracts produce the sounds

Question 5

Orthography

Answer 5

Spelling

Question 6

The Phonetic Alphabet

Answer 6

Uses symbols to explain pronunciation of words

Question 7

International Phonetic Alphabet

Answer 7

Invented in order to have a system in which there was a one-to-one correspondence between each sound in language and each phonetic symbol
- once known, one can pronounce any world in any language

Question 8

Glottis

Answer 8

opening between vocal cords

Question 9

Larynx

Answer 9

Voice Box

Question 10

Pharynx

Answer 10

Tubular part of the throat above the larynx

Question 11

Oral Cavity

Answer 11

Mouth

Question 12

Nasal Cavity

Answer 12

Nose and the passages connecting it to the throat and sinuses

Question 13

Vocal Tract

Answer 13

Section all the way from above the larynx to the top of the nasal cavity

Question 14

Consonants

Answer 14

Sounds produced with some restriction or closure in the vocal tract

Question 15

Place of Articulation

Answer 15

part on where in the vocal tract the airflow is being restricted

Question 16

Bilabials

Answer 16

Produced by bringing both lips together
- [p] [b] [m]

Question 17

Labiodentals

Answer 17

Produced by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
- [f] [v]

Question 18

Interdental

Answer 18

Produced by putting the tip of the tongue between the teeth
- [θ] [ð]

Question 19

Alveolars

Answer 19

Produces by raising the tongue to the alveolar ridge in some way
-[t] [d] [n] (produced by tip of tongue touching the alveolar ridge or just in front of it)
-[s] [z] (produces with sides of the front of the tongue raised but the tip lowered to allow air to escape)
- [l] (tip of the tongue raised while the rest of the tongue remains down so air can escape over sides)
-[ɹ] (air escapes through central part of mouth, either tip of tongue curled behind the alveolar or the top of the tongue is bunched up behind the alveolar ridge)

Question 20

Alveolar Ridge

Answer 20

thick boney crests that exists in the upper and lower portions of the jawbone

Question 21

Palatals

Answer 21

Produced by raising the front part of the tongue to the palate
- [tʃ] [dʒ] [ʃ] [ʒ]

Question 22

Velars

Answer 22

Produced by raising the back of the tongue to the soft palate or velum
- [k] [g] [ŋ]

Question 23

Velum

Answer 23

the rood of the oral cavity and separates the nasal and oral cavities from one another

Question 24

Uvulars

Answer 24

Produced by raising the back of the tongue to the uvula
-[R] [q] [G]
-Not English sounds i don’t think

Question 25

Uvular Trill

Answer 25

A type of consonantal sound created when placing the back of the tongue against the uvular and move air to cause the uvula to vibrate on its own

Question 26

Glottals

Answer 26

Produced by restricting the airflow throgh the open glottis - [h]

Question 27

Glottal Stop

Answer 27

Produces by stopping air completely at the glottis - [ʔ]

Question 28

Manner of articulation

Answer 28

the way the airstream is affect as it flows from the lungs and out of the mouth and nose

Question 29

Voiced Sounds

Answer 29

Produced when the vocal cords are together and vibrate as air passes through

Question 30

Tone Languages

Answer 30

Languages that use pitch to contrast the meaning of words

Question 31

Register Tone

Answer 31

Language when the majority of syllables maintain the same level or register

Question 32

Contour Tone

Answer 32

language when one shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word

Question 33

Pitch contour

Answer 33

The sequence of directions of pitch changes from note to note

Question 34

Intonation Languages

Answer 34

languages that use varies pitch contour across an utterance but pitch isn't used to distinguish words

Question 35

Tense Vowels

Answer 35

- are produced with greater tension in the tongue - may occur at the end of words i (beat) e (bait) u (boot) o (boat) a (hah) aI (high) aʊ (how)

Question 36

Lax Vowels

Answer 36

- are produced with less tongue tension - may not occur at the end of words I (bit) ɛ (bet) ʊ (put) ɔ (bore) ɔI (boy) æ (hat) ʌ (hut) ə (about)