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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 articulation | the shaping of distinct speech sounds into recognizable words |
| breathiness | a quality of voice that results from too much unvoiced air escaping through the vocal folds as a person is speaking |
| cavity | a partially enclosed area |
| circumflex | an up and down inflection |
| diaphragm | a dome shaped muscle at the base of the lungs |
| fricatives | the constant sounds that make a frictionlike noise |
| glides | the sounds that result from the gliding movements of the articulators |
| harshness | a quality of voice characterized by an unpleasant grating sound that may also be hard or metalic |
| hoarseness | a quality of voice characterized by a thickness of sound or muffled or rasping sound |
| inflection | the up or down glide of pitch as a person speaks |
| key | the average pitch at which a person speaks |
| larynx | the voice box |
| melody | the variations in pitch that help to give expression to a person's voice |
| monotone | a melody pattern that consits of only one tone |
| nasal cavity | the nose |
| nasality | a quality of voice characterized by too much nasal resonance of all vocal sounds |
| nasals | sound resonated in the nasal cavity |
| optimum pitch | the pitch at which a person speaks with the least strain and with the best resonance |
| oral cavity | the mouth |
| pharyngeal cavity | the throat |
| pitch | the highness or lowness of a sound |
| plosives | the constant sounds that form a small explosion when spoken |
| pronunciation | the combining of precisely articulated speech sounds into distinct words |
| quality | the tone of a person's voice |
| range | the spread between the lowest and the highest notes that a person can speak comfortably |
| rate | the speed at which a person talks |
| resonance | the reinforcement of sound produced by vibration |
| resonators | the bones of the chest, neck, head, and the cavities of the throat, nose, and mouth |
| step | an abrupt change in pitch |
| trachea | the windpipe |
| vocal folds | the muscles of the larynx |
| voiced | describes sounds made by vibrations of the vocal folds |
| voiceless | describes sounds made when the vocal folds are open so air breathed out does not vibrate them |
| volume | the intensity of sound |
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