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| Why are stops, fricatives, & affricates considered "pressure" consonants? |
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| Because the build up of pressure is required to produce the sounds this build up of pressure is done by closing the velopharyngeal port |
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| What and where is the velopharyngeal port |
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The velopharyngeal port is the passage way between the oropharynx and nasalpharynx and is closed off by the velum
It is involved in the creation of pressure used by the obstruents |
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| Which consonants are sibilants ? |
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| Differentiate between sonorants and obstruents. |
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Sonorants- are produced with an open velopharyngeal port, which allows for an open vocal tract and allows the sound to resonate
Obstruents- have a obstructed air flow which his used to build pressure to creat the sound |
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| What's the difference between stops and fricatives |
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Definition
| Stops-literally stop the air flow while fricatives allows the air to flow but there is friction or turbulence |
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| Identify a consonant who place of articulation is glottal |
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Definition
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| Identify a category of manner whose consonants can not occur at the end of a word |
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Glides or semi-vowels
/w/ /j/ |
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| What are syllabic constants? |
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| Syllabics are constants that serve as an entire syllable. They don't require a vowel to transition from one consonant to another. |
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| Which consonants function as syllabics |
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| How are syllabic consonants identified in transcription? |
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| They are written by a m,n,l with a small vertical Line under them |
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| What is another name for the glide category? |
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| What are flaps and when do the occur? |
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| A flap is when you touch your tongue to the back of the alveolar ridge only for a second to make the t sound in liter |
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| In words that contain "ng" or "nk" sequence, why does the alveolar /n/ typically get moved to the position? |
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Definition
We shorten the production of
"ng" or "nk" to /ŋ/ for the ease of articulation |
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Are a mix between stops and fricative. The direction of the tongue is from the front to the back while making the sounds /t͡ʃ/ in "touch"
/d͡ʒ/ in "judge" |
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| Is the smallest unit of sound that represents a meaning |
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What are the three allomorphs of plurals in English.
What determines which allomorph is used? |
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Definition
/s/ - follows a voiceless sound
/z/ - follows a voiced sound
/əz/ - follows /s/ or /z/ |
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What are the three allomorphs of past tense in English.
What determines which allomorph is used? |
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/t/ - follows a voiceless sound
/d/ - follows a voiced sound
/əd/ - follows a /d/ or /t/ sound |
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| Another name for the stops |
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| Which is the acoustically weakest phoneme English consonant? |
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| Why is /ʒ/ typically the last consonant mastered by children acquiring English? |
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It is the least used phoneme used in the English language
/ʒanrə/ "genre" |
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