The basic sound segment that has linguistic function
What is a phoneme?
100
The study and classification of speech sounds.
What is Phonetics?
100
Consonants formed by complete closure of the vocal tract.
What are stops?
100
Two vowels produced consecutively in the same syllable by moving the articulators smoothly from the position of the first sound to the position of the other.
What are diphthongs?
100
/kæt/
What is cat?
200
A variant of a phoneme related to context
What is an allophone
200
The study of structure and function of the sound system of a language.
What is phonology
200
Consonants produced with narrow constriction through which air escapes with a continuous noise/turbulence.
What are fricatives?
200
High, medium, or low
What is tongue height?
200
/fɾaidei/
What is Friday?
300
Any specific occurrence of a sound segment
What is a phone?
300
when 2 allophones of a phoneme can replace each other without changing the word's meaning.
What is free variation?
300
Consonants produced with complete oral closure, with an open velopharyngeal port.
What are nasals?
300
Front, central, back
What is tongue advancement?
300
/ɔdijɔlədʒi/
What is audiology?
400
A unit of orthography
What is a grapheme?
400
English has 42-44
What are phonemes?
400
The place of articulation for /n, t, s, d, l, z/
What is alveolar?
400
Vowels that have more muscle activity and longer duration.
What are tense vowels?
400
/fənɛdɪks ɪz fʌn/
What is "phonetics is fun?"
500
Letters or combinations of letters that represent the same phoneme
What is an allograph?
500
A sound with no significant constriction of the oral and pharyngeal cavities.
What are vowels?
500
/s/ and /z/ are produced in the same place and manner, but differ in one thing