Syllables & Positions
A syllable that ends in a vowel or diphthong, such as the second syllable of "cookie" or the word "blue."
What is an open syllable?
Consonants formed by a complete closure of the vocal tract, resulting in built-up air pressure released in a short burst.
What are stops (or plosives)?
The place of articulation produced by contact of the tongue tip against the ridge directly behind the upper front teeth.
What is alveolar or lingual-alveolar?
A client produces "paper" as "mamer." The physiological mechanism failing during the stop production is this.
What is velopharyngeal port closure (or failing to close the velum)?
The positional term for a consonant that precedes a vowel in a syllable.
What is prevocalic?
This is the anatomical structure that must remain open during the production of nasal sounds like /m/ and /n/.
What is the velopharyngeal port?
The classification for /l/ based on airflow escaping around the sides of the open midsection of the tongue.
What is a lateral liquid?
When a client replaces /l/ with /w/ in "blue," they are substituting a lateral liquid with this category of sound.
What is a glide?
A syllable ending in a consonant, such as "stop," "make," or "took."
What is a closed syllable?
Speech sounds produced with a continuous forcing of air through a narrow constriction, creating a turbulent quality.
What are fricatives?
The two primary articulatory methods for producing the rhotic /ɹ/.
Answer: What are retroflexing (curling tongue tip) and bunching/humping (humping tongue body)?
A clinician asks a client to curl their tongue tip slightly back toward the palate without touching it to elicit /ɹ/. This cueing style is targeting this rhotic shape.
What is a retroflex /r/?
The term for a consonant that occurs between two vowels.
What is intervocalic?
Consonants that begin with a complete stop closure and release as a fricative, represented by /ʧ/ and /ʤ/.
What are affricates?
The place category describing contact between the tongue dorsum and the velum.
What is velar (or linguavelar)?
In the target word "stop," the consonants /s/ and /t/ occupy this structural position relative to the vowel.
What is prevocalic (or onset)?