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affricate
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sound produced by complete stoppage of the flow of air followed by slow constricted release as a fricative. /č/ and /ĵ/
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allophone
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any of the nondistinctive variants of a phoneme.
aspirated / p/ and unaspirated /p/ are both allophones of the phoneme /p/ in PDE. |
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alveolor
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sound produced by the tip or blade of the tonuge touching the alveolor ridge.
example = t, d, l, n |
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apex
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tip of the tongue
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articulator
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movable part of the mouth, such as the lips or the tongue, used in pronouncing speech
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aspirate
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sound whose production is accompanied by a puff of air, as in the intial consonants of pop, top and cop.
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bilabial
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sound made with the two lips as articulators
examples = b, p, m |
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blade
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upper surface of the toungue just behind the tip
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consonant
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sound produced by restricting or blocking the passage of air from the lungs through the mouth and/or nose.
example = PDE consonants are [p, g, s, v, l, m ] |
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dental
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sound made when the tip of the tongue is toucihng the upper teeth
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dipthong
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a glide from one vowel position to another within a single syllable.
example = toy, the sound represented by oy is a dipthong [oi] that glides from o to i. |
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dorsum
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back of the tongue
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epiglottis
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cartilage at the base of the tongue which folds over the glottis to prevent food from entering the trachea during swallowing
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fricative
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consonant produced by forcing air through a constricted passage, creating audible friction.
example = [Ø, v, z ] |
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glottal stop
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consonant formed by closing the glottis and then opening it and releasing air suddenly.
examples = allophones of /t/ in english |
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hard palate
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front part of the roof of the mouth that is supported by bony material
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interdental
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referring to the consonants formed with the tongue between the teeth .
example = [Ø] in think and [ð] |
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larynx
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upper end of the trachea, containig vocal cords
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lateral
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a consonant prounounced by blocking the front of the mouth but allowing air to escape from one or both sides.
example = [l] |
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lax
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a vowel produced with relatively little muscular tension
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liquid
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consonant produced without friction.
example = /r/ and /l/ |
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nasal
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referring to a sound produced while the velum is lowered so that much of the air escapes through the nose.
example = /m, n, ŋ / |
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palate
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roof of the mouth, consisting of the bony hard palate in front and the soft palate in back
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pharnyx
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back of the mouth btwn the nasal passages and the larynx
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point of articulation
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nonmovable portion of the speech tract with which an articulator comes in contact
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prosody
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stress or pitch patterns that give a language its perceived rhythms
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resonant
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vague term for a voiced speech sound
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retroflex
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referring to a sound produced with the tongue tip raised and curled up toward the alvehor ridge
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schwa
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vowel /backward e /
example = as in alone, harem, and color. |
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semivowel
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sound that shares chacteristics of both vowels and consonants
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spirant
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(fricative) consonant produced by forcing air through a constricted passage, creating audible friction
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stop
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consonant produced by compleltley closing the air passages and then suddenly opening them
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tense
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forms of verb that indicate time or duration of action or state expressed by the verb
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trachea
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tube going from the back of the mouth to the lungs: the windpipe
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uvula
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triangular piece of soft tissue that hangs down over the throat behind the soft palate
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uvluar trill
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an r-like sound made by vibrating the uvula
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velar
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referring to consonants formed by approaching or touching the back of the tongue of the soft palate
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velum
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movable soft membrane behind the hard palate that closes off the nasal cavity during swallows
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vocal cords
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bands of cartilage in the larynx. why they are tensed and air from the lungs passes through them making them vibrate, sound (voice ) results
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voiced
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referring to sounds pronounced while the vocal cords are vibrating
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voiceless
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referring to sounds produced without simultaneous vibration of the vocal cords
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vowel
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sound produced by unrestricted passage of air through the mouth, vibration of the vocal cords.
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