Speaking
A ________ is a letter cluster that stands for one sound.
What is Digraph
Sometimes called semivowels because they are formed in similar ways as vowels
What is Glides
When the fricative is formed using the lips and teeth it is referred to as a...
What is Labiodental
A __________ refers to two or more consonants that appear together in a word.
What is a Cluster
A________ sound is one in which the air flow is cut off either partially or completely when the sound is produced.
What is a Consonant
Formed when the mouth is closed, forcing the air through the nose.
What is Nasals
An _________ is a slightly different version of each phoneme
What is a Allaphone
A sound produced by the sequence of a stop followed by a fricative is called a...
What is a Affricative
A _______ sound is one in which the air flow is obstructed when the sound is made.
What is a Vowel
Formed by closing or blocking air flow and then exploding a puff of air.
What is Plosives
When the fricative is formed using the roof of the mouth it is referred to as the...
What is the Palatal
A _________ is a sound in which the position of the mouth changes from one place to another as the sound is produced.
What is a diphthong
__________ is the formal study of language and how it works.
What is Linguistics
What is Liquids
When the fricative is formed using the front of the mouth it is referred to as the ...
What is the alveolar
The study of speech and sound.
What is Phonics
A________ is a written representation of one sound.
What is a grapheme
Formed by narrowing the air channel and then forcing air through it.
What is Fricatives
Also referred to as the Velum or soft palate. this is the back of your mouth.
What is the Velar
Sometimes when two consonants appear in a word together, they stand for one sound that is different from either sound of each individual consonant. This is called a...
What is a Digraph