Terminology 2
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- pharynx
- 1st filter tube between larynx and oral cavity
- glides
- semi-vowel j, w
- round
- sounds with lips protruded
- sonorous
- acoustically powerful
- acoustic phonetics
- study of the physical sound waves
- epenthesis
- segment inserted into a phonetic context
- consonants
- sounds produced by obstructing the flow of air as it passes from the lungs through the vocal tract
- interdental
- sound produced by obstructing air flow with tongue and teeth--th
- tense vowels
- vowels with tense tongue and greater vocal tract constriction
- retroflex
- sounds with tongue tip curled into the mouth
- bilabials
- sounds created by obstructing the flow of air with both lips--p
- oral cavity
- 2nd filter
- flap
- sounds like r
- deletion
- segment removed from a phonetic context
- uvulars
- sounds with tongue (near-) touching the uvula
- articulatory phonetics
- study of the physiological mechanisms of speech production
- labiodental
- sounds with lower lip and upper teeth
- glottals
- sounds with vocal cords as primary articulators h
- strident
- noisier coronal fricatives and affricates
- schwa
- reduced vowel
- velars
- sounds with tongue (near-) touching the velum
- phonemes
- sounds that contrast with other sounds
- fricatives
- consonants with continuous airflow through mouth with noise f
- glottis
- space between vocal cords
- liquids
- class of consonants containing l and r sounds
- linguistics
- study of how language works
- nasal cavity
- 3rd filter
- lax vowels
- vowels with less tense tongue
- metathesis
- sequence of segments is reordered
- assimilation
- influence of one segment on another
- supersegmental properties
- pitch, loudness and length
- larynx
- Adam's apple, sound source, location of vocal cords
- stops
- sounds with (momentary) complete airflow closure through the vocal tract p, t
- pharyngeals
- sounds with tongue retracted or pharynx constricted
- alveolars
- sounds with tongue (near-) touching the alveolar ridge
- labial
- sounds with near-closure of lips
- continuants
- sounds with continuous airflow (vowels, fricatives, glides, liquids)
- affricates
- consonants with noncontinuous airflow
- Phonetics
- study of the sounds of language
- laterals
- sounds with tongue lowered