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sphr 262 3
lecture 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |