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sphr 262 3
lecture 3
Question | Answer |
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articulation | diction or enunciation |
consonant | sounds that are made with the articualtors obstructing the outgoing air stream, closed sounds, add clarity and intelligibility, dividing units and frequently separate vowels |
vowel | sounds that are made with the vocal tract more or less open and teh air stream is unobstructed |
voicing | vocal cords are vibrating when teh sounds is produced. all vowels and diphthongs, 15 consanants. |
place of articularion | labial, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal |
manner of articulation | stop, splosive, fricative, affricate, glide, liquid, nasal |
assimilation | occures when a sounds in a word is changed or modified as the result of the influence of neighboring sounds. ex: want to...wanna or i am going to...i'm gonna |
labial | involving lips |
bilabial | involving both lips |
labiodentals | involving lower lip and upper teeth |
dental | tongue touches teeth |
alveolar | tongue touches the alveolar ridge |
palatal | tongue touches teh hard palate |
velar | tongue contacts or is near the velum |
glottal | glottis is partially closed H is the only sound in american english |
stop | the air stream is briefly but completely stopped in the oral cavity |
fricative | sounds in which the air stream is not totally stopped but is obstructed to a narrow area. fate, thick |
affricate | thses sounds combine the stop and a fricitave. you stop the air and then move into fricative. match |
glide | sounds with little or no obstruction. yes |
liquid | sounds hwere the air stream is obstructed but not stopping or fricativing. lady rabbit |
nasal | air goes through the nasal cavity instead of the oral |
active articulators | lower jaw, lips, tongue, velum |
passive articulators | teeth, hard palate |