Acoustic theory of speech production
P (f) = ?
What is radiated acoustic pressure wave according to the acoustic theory?
Perception of vowel height is related to ______ formant.
What is F1?
Consonants have ____ energy as compared to vowels that have greater energy.
What is lesser?
In physics, this is the term for the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
Vocal tract filter is ___________ dependent as compared to a kitchen strained which is size dependent.
What is frequency?
Two vowels within the same syllabic nuclei are called _______.
What are diphthongs?
Any sound is influenced by the phoneme immediately preceding and following it. In this process, we simultaneously articulate more than one phoneme.
What is co-articulation?
This disease, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, was known as the “Black Death” in the 14th century.
What is the plague?
The characteristic resonances of the vocal tract are those frequencies that pass through. These are called __________ frequencies.
What are formants?
Acoustically, the singer’s formant results in a spectral peak around _______ Hz.
What is 2,500 to 3,000?
Bilabial is _____ of articulation and not manner.
What is place?
This South American landmark is known as “The Lost City of the Incas.”
What is Machu Picchu?
For the uniform tube model, air particles vibrate most effectively at the open end of the tube, and least effectively at the closed end of the tube. So, the open end of the tube _____ will have a velocity maximum (pressure minimum).
What are the lips?
High Pass Filters will block _______ frequencies.
What is low?
Time take to initiate a burst and to the onset of voicing is called _________ in the production of stops.
What is voice onset time?
This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
The vocal tract will resonate only at _____________
multiples of the lowest frequency.
What is odd-numbered?
Graphical representation of the frequency and intensity of the sound pressure wave as a function of time is called __________.
What is a spectrogram?
During the production of stop sounds such as /p/, /b/ etc., there is a transient burst noise upon release of the occlusion and impounded air, which is called __________.
What is release burst?
This Queen ruled over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch at the time.
Who was Queen Victoria?