Anatomy + General
The three major systems involved in speech production include:
Respiratory, laryngeal, supralaryngeal.
Consonant articulation is traditionally described with respect to three basic dimensions. These include:
Manner, place, voice
What is the voiceless alveolar stop:
/t/
What is a vowel having a single, unchanging sound quality?
Monophthong.
Decode the following word: /bʊk/
True or False: The velum (or soft palate) is closed during production of nasal sounds.
False!
The nasal sounds include:
m, n, ing [ /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ ]
What is the voiceless interdental fricative:
/θ/ as in "tooth"
True or false: The schwa is stressed.
False: it is UNSTRESSED (Lazy Schwa! :)
Decode the following word: /ʃu/
Shoe.
IPA stands for:
International Phonetic Alphabet.
Glides include:
/j/ and /w/
What is the voiceless palatal fricative:
/ʃ/
Which vowel is in the word "head"--/ɛ/ or /æ/?
/ɛ/--/hɛd/
Decode the following word: /trIk/
trick.
Name the five functional parts of the tongue:
Base, tip, blade, dorsum, root.
Affricates include:
/tʃ/ + /dʒ/
What is the voiced bilabial stop:
/b/
The word "boy" contains which diphthong--/ɔɪ/ or /aɪ/
/ɔɪ/
Decode the following word: /kætʃi/
catchy.
Name three of our articulators:
lips, tongue, teeth, hard palate.
/s/ counterpart/cognate is ________ and they differ based on__________.
/z/, voicing.
/ʒ/
The word "cow" contains which diphthong: /aʊ/ or /eɪ/
/aʊ/
Decode the following word: /sʌni/
Sunny.