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| What consonants are the only two liquids? What are their characteristics? |
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Definition
| R and L. R is a voiced alveolar liquid and L is a voiced alveolar (lateral) liquid. |
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| What consonants are semi-vowels? What are their characteristics? |
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| The two semi-vowels are W and J. W is a voiced bilabial glide and J is a voiced palatal glide. |
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| What three consonants are nasal? Characteristics? |
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Definition
| M, N, and ŋ. M is a voiced bilabial nasal. N is a voiced alveolar nasal. ŋ is a voiced velar nasal. |
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| What are two affricates? Characteristics? |
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| ʧ and d3. ʧ is a voiceless palato-alveolar affricate. d3 is a voiced palato-alveolar affricate. |
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| What are the bibabial letters? |
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Definition
Voiced- b, m, and w. Voiceless- p.
P and B are plosives.
M is nasal.
W is a semi-vowel. |
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| What are the two labio-dental letters? |
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Definition
F and V.
F is a voiceless fricative.
V is a voiced fricative. |
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| What are the two inter-dental letters (or just dental)? |
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Definition
| θ and ð. θ is a voiceless fricative and ð is a voiced. |
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| What letters are alveolar? |
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Definition
T, D, S, Z, N, R, L.
T is a voiceless plosive.
D is a voiced plosive.
S is a voiceless fricative.
Z is a voiced fricative.
N is a voiced nasal.
R and L are voiced alveolar liquids. |
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| What letters are palato-alveolar? |
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Definition
ʃ,3, ʧ, d3.
ʃ is a voiceless fricative.
3 is a voiced fricative.
ʧ is a voiceless affricate.
d3 is a voiced affricate. |
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| J. J is a voiced semi-vowel. |
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K, G, and ŋ.
K is a voiceless plosive.
G is a voiced plosive.
ŋ is a voiced nasal. |
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| What letters are glottal? |
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Definition
| H. H is a voiceless fricative. |
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| What are the three ways to describe consonants? |
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Definition
1) Voicing (voiced or voiceless)
2) Place of articulation (interdental, labiodental, bilabial, alveolar, alveopalatal, palatal, velar, glottal)
3) Manner of articulation (plosive, nasal, affricate, fricative, liquid, glide) |
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| What is the consonant description for the word pack? |
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Definition
| (p) is a voiceless bilabial plosive |
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Term
| What is the consonant description for the word Jack? |
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Definition
| (d3) is a voiced alveopalatal affricate |
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Term
| What is the consonant description for the word lack? |
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Definition
| (l) is a voiced alveolar liquid |
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Term
| What is the consonant description for the word whack? |
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Definition
| (w) is a bilabial glide (voiced). |
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| What is the consonant description for the word sack? |
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Definition
| (s) is a voiceless alveolar fricative. |
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Definition
| The study of speech sounds. |
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Term
| Who was the first phonetician? |
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Definition
| It is believed to be Indra,. According to the Hindu myth, the god Indra was the first to segment speech into its seperate elements. After this, sound could be perceived as a language. |
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Term
| What two sounds are not speech sounds in any language? |
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Definition
| Sneezing and clearing a tickle in our throats. |
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Term
| What is phonetics trying to accomplish? |
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Definition
| Trying to describe all the sounds used in the human language- sounds that constitute a subset of the totality of sounds that humans can produce. |
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Term
| What is acoustic phonetics? Auditory? Articulatory? |
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Definition
| Acoustic phonetics is the study of the physical properties of the sounds themselves. Auditory phonetics is the way listeners perceive these sounds. Articulatory phonetics (primary concern) is the study of how the vocal tract produces the sounds of language. |
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Term
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Definition
| the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling. |
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| What sound does the letter θ represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter ð represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter č represent>? |
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Definition
| chill. in IPA language the symbol is tʄ. |
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Term
| What sound does the letter ʄ/š represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter 3/ž represent? |
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| What sound does the letter ǰ or d3 represent? |
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| What sound does the letter ʍ represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter æ represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter ʌ represent? |
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| What sound does the letter aj represent? |
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Definition
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Term
| What sound does the letter ᴐj represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter ɛ represent? |
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| What sound does the letter ɔ represent? |
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Definition
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| What sound does the letter ə represent? |
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| What sound does the letter aw represent? |
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Definition
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Term
| What type of airstream does the English language have? |
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Definition
| Pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism. |
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Term
| What do the terms consonants and vowels refer to in phonetics? |
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Definition
different types of sounds
(not letters) |
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Term
| What is the manner of articulation? |
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Definition
| the way the airstream is affected as it flows up out of the lungs. It may be blocked or partially blocked. |
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Term
| What sounds are voiceless? Voiced? |
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Definition
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| Sounds that are stopped completely in the oral cavity for a brief period. |
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Term
| What are stops in phonetics? |
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Definition
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| Sounds in which there is no stoppage in the oral tract. |
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| u, U, o and ɔ for boot, put, boat, and bore. |
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Term
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Definition
| A diphthong is a sequence of two sounds, vowel + glide. Example: aj (bite) or aw in (bout) or ɔj for boy. |
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| What are the tense vowels? |
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| the nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates form major class of sounds called obstruents. |
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| They are produced with relatively free airflow through either the mouth or nose. Nasal stops are sonorants because the air continues to resonate through the nose. Vowels, liquids, and glides are sonorants. |
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| A group of nasals, liquids, and obstruents. |
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