Consonants vs. Vowels
This type of sound is produced with an open vocal tract and carries the power of speech
Vowel
The "place" in "place of articulation" refers to what?
Where a sound is made
These consonants resemble vowels in their acoustic structure
These are the 3 voiced nasal consonants
/m/, /n/, /ŋ/
The "pop" sound in a microphone is usually caused by this acoustic event
The release burst of a stop
This class of sounds has greater intensity and duration
Vowels
These are the parts of the mouth that move to create speech sound
Active Articulators
Nasals show this in their spectrograms due to low energy and resonance
These consonants are produced with a stop and fricative release
Affricates
This term refers to energy loss in nasals resulting in low formant energy
These sounds are lower in energy but more important for meaning and intelligibility
Consonants
The vocal folds vibrate in this classification feature
Voicing
This brief period of silence precedes a stop burst
Give two characteristics of consonants
1. One or more areas of constriction in the vocal tract
2. Can be voiced or voiceless sounds
The opposite of a resonance, this occurs in nasals and some obstruents
Antiresonance
This term describes the vocal tract being relatively closed, as in consonant production
Constriction
Place of articulation
The time between the burst and the onset of voicing in stops
Voice Onset Time (VOT)
This consonant type includes a burst and possible aspiration
Voiceless Stop
Voiceless fricatives lack this type of structure found in vowels
Formant Structure
Consonants often contain this kind of airflow especially in fricatives
Turbulent airflow
These articulators remain stationary during sound production
Passive articulators
Fricatives have this kind of sound source due to the narrow constriction- (periodic, aperiodic, both)
Aperiodic sound
Liquids and Glides
This effect makes aspiration disappear in the word spare but appear in the word pear
Coarticulation