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Phonetics
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Post-Graduate
09/11/2013

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What is narrow transcription?
Definition
Includes details to capture precisely how each sound is produced

It's indicated by brackets []
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What is broad transcription?
Definition
Tries to capture the speech sounds that make up a word
Indicated by virgules //
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Describe acoustic phonetics.
Definition
How speech sounds are heard/perceived
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Describe physiological phonetics
Definition
Is about speech mechanism and how speech sounds are produced
Term
Define phonetics
Definition
The study of the production (physiology) and perception (acoustic) of speech sounds
Term
What is an idiolect?
Definition
The language or speech patter of one individual at a particular period of life
Term
What is the central most important part of the larynx?
Definition
It is to keep out foreign objects from entering into the airway
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How does the larynx work to generate voice?
Definition
It does it by using the controlled pressurized subglottal air passing over the vials folds to generate voice
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What is the secondary function of the vocal folds?
Definition
To generate voice
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What are the average frequencies of a male and female voice?
Definition
Male = 128 Hz
Female = 256 Hz
Term
Name the three pharyngeal cavities and define them
Definition
Nasopharynx: extends from the upper part of the nasal cavity to soft palate
Oropharynx: extends from the soft palate to the Hynoid bone
Laryngopharynx: extends from the pro pharynx to the entrance of the esophagus and sits on top of the trachea
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Name and describe the 3 resonatory cavities.
Definition
Nasal cavity: extends from the nostrils to the pharynx
Oral cavity: is the mouth area, extending from the lips to the velum(soft palate)
Pharyngeal cavity: is a tube of muscles & membranes that extend from the epiglottis to the velum ( soft palate)
Term
Phonation is the process of generating ______?
Definition
Voice
Term
What does the respiration system consists of?

Remember the pneumonic device!!
Definition
Trachea
Abdomen
Rib cage
Lungs
Muscles assiocated w/ breathing
Thorax

There Are Really Loud Men There
Term
What is another word for soft palate?
Definition
Velum
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Will this course cover descriptive or prescriptive phonetics?
Definition
- Descriptive ONLY
• descriptive phonetics is system of describing how the sounds are made
• prescriptive is mandating correct pronunciation
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How many phonemes are used to transcribe American English ?
Definition
44
Term
What is a phoneme?
Definition
Sounds of a language
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What is the difference between phonetics and phonics
Definition
Phonetics is the study of the production & perception of speech sounds
Phonics is the link between speech sounds & printed alphabet
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What does IPA stand for?
Definition
International Phonetic Alphabet
Term
Fanatics is a part of which larger science?
Definition
Linguistics
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Where is the larynx located?
Definition
Above the vocal folds
Term
What are the three parameters used to describe vowels?
Definition
Jaw height
Tongue carriage
Lip rounding
Term
How are consonants classified?
Definition
Manner
Place
Voice
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What is the difference between a monophthong and a diphthong?
Definition
Monophthong is one vowel
Diphthong is a combination of vowels
Term
What is the difference between a phoneme and a grapheme?
Definition
A phoneme is a sounded syllable
A grapheme is a written symbol
Term
What is an example of an allophone?
Definition
The words tap and Pat the P in those two words are pronounced two different ways
Term
Describe inhalation?
Definition
Also known as inspiration is breathing in where the chest expands the diaphragm contracts in the lungs fill with air
Term
Describe Exhalation
Definition
Also called expiration breathing out the chest contracts the diaphragm expands
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