Consonant Features
What are three major features used to describe consonants?
Voicing, Place of Articulation, and Manner of Articulation
What does "egressive airflow" mean in speech production?
Air flows outward during speech
What is the oral tract is closed, and air flows through the nasal tract?
What feature distinguishes voiced stops on a spectrogram?
What is the presence of a voice bar during the stop gap?
What are the two types of approximants?
What is liquids and glides?
What is the key difference between voiced and voiceless consonants?
Voiced consonants use vocal fold vibration; voiceless consonants do not
Name the airstream mechanism that involves the lungs
What is Pulmonic Airstream?
What type of consonant involves turbulent airflow at a narrow constrictions?
What is Fricatives?
What is visible after the release of a voiceless stop consonant?
Name one glide and one liquid consonant
Glide - /j/ or /w/
Liquid - /l/ or /r/
What type of consonant involves a complete blockage of the airway?
What is Stops?
What are the two types of airflow used in speech production?
What is Egressive and ingressive speech?
Give 3 examples of a voiced stop consonant
What is the term for the time between the release of a stop closure and the onset of voicing?
What is Voice Onset Time (VOT)?
What is the main characteristic of approximants compared to other consonants?