Articulators
Speech Stages
Branches of Phonetics
Key Concepts
Source-Filter
100

Name the articulators for the first sound in 'mouse'.

Lips

100

This stage provides the "wind" or airflow for speech.

respiration

100

The branch that studies the movement of the tongue, lips, and other speech organs.

articulatory phonetics

100

This term describes the pronunciation habits of a person from a specific region.

accent

100

In this theory, the vocal cords are known as the _____.

source

200

Name the articulators for the first sound in 'take'.

tongue and alveolar ridge

200

The vibration of the vocal folds happens in this stage.

phonation

200

The branch that deals with the physical properties of sound waves.

acoustic phonetics

200

This term describes a variety of a language with its own unique words and grammar rules.

dialect

200

The vocal tract (mouth and throat) acts as this, changing the source sound.

filter

300

These two articulators make the sound at the start of 'very'.

teeth and lower lip

300

Moving the tongue and lips to make different sounds is part of this stage.

articulation

300

If you're looking at a sound spectrogram, you are working in this branch.

acoustic phonetics

300

The general term for the study of the sounds of human speech.

phonetics

300

As you learn how to move your articulators properly to procude specific sounds, you develop...

articulatory position

400

Which articulators are responsible for the first sound in the word 'ship'?

Tongue and hard palate

400

This stage comes after respiration but before articulation.

phonation

400

The branch concerned with how the ear and brain interpret sound signals.

auditory phonetics

400

TRUE/FALSE: dialect is often associated with particular geographical region, while accent is not

false

400

To make an 'eee' vs. an 'ooo' sound, you change the shape of this.

Oral/nasal Cavities (vocal tract)

500

Which articulators are responsible for the first sound in the word 'go'?

 Tongue and velum

500

The name for the collective process of respiration, phonation, and articulation.

speech production

500

This branch would study how a baby learns to move its mouth to make a 'p' sound.

articulatory phonetics

500

This theory states that a source sound is shaped by the vocal tract to create speech.  

Source-Filter Theory

500

What is located in larynx and what does it do?

Vocal cords. Open/close, hence vibrate.