Chapter 1

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Articulatory phonetics

Deals with the production of sounds

Acoustic phonetics

Studies the vibrations of speech sounds

Auditory phonetics

Study of how sounds are heard and perceived

parts of the body used in producing speech

throat, mouth, nasal cavity

cone-shaped structures in the chest composed of spongy, elastic material

air sacs in the lungs where oxygen from the fresh air is exchanged for carbon dioxide in the blood

two bronchi merge into this single vertical tube
AKA windpipe

structure made of several cartilages held together by ligaments and supporting several muscles; it is roughly cylindrical in shape and rests on top of the trachea

front part of the larynx, sticks out in front

lie inside the larynx, just behind the point of the adam's apple.
two horizontal bands of ligament and muscle, lying across the air passage; they can open and close, acting as a valve for air coming from the lungs

opening between the vocal folds

when you hold your breath with your mouth open, you close your vocal folds, thus preventing air from leaving or entering the lungs

glottal adjustment where the vocal folds are separated, letting air pass through the opening

vocal folds are close enough that the air passing between them causes them to vibrate by opening and closing rapidly in succession

technical name for the throat, a vertical tube leading up from the larynx

pharynx at the back of the mouth

pharynx leading into the nasal cavity

laryngeal pharynx

pharynx above the vocal folds

tube, behind the trachea, which leads to the stomach

mouth
important in the production of speech sounds

various points in the oral cavity

upper articulators

upper lip, upper teeth, the upper surface of the mouth, and the pharyngeal wall

lower articulators

lower lip, lower teeth, tongue

sagittal section

the kind of drawing we use which shows the inside of the head as though it were split down the middle from front to back

outermost articulators. commonly articulate with each other to form bilabial sounds

bilabial sounds

lips articulating together

labiodental sounds

lower lip articulating with upper teeth

sounds made with the forward part of the tongue articulating with the upper teeth

just behind the upper teeth, bumpy area

sounds made in the alveolar ridge

postalveolar sounds

made with the blade of the tongue articulating at the back of the alveolar ridge and the front of the tongue raised towards the palate

retroflex sounds

made with the tip of the tongue curled back to articulate with the area at the back of the alveolar ridge

front of the tongue on the palat

sounds using the lower surface of the velum as the upper articulator

at the rear of the mouth, the velum narrows to this long, thin structure

sounds made with the uvula

large, muscular organ which is involved in almost every sound we make

foremost part of the tongue

sounds made with the tip of the tongue

sounds made with the tip of the tongue articulating with the upper teeth

apico-alveolars

sounds made with the tip of the tongue articulating with the alveolar ridge

place just behind the tip of the tongue

sounds made with the blade of the tongue

place in tongue behind the tip and the blade. makes palatal sounds.

the hindmost part of the horizontal surface of the tongue

dorso-velar sounds

sounds made with the dorsal part of the tongue articulating against the velum

the tongue's rear vertical surface facing the pharyngeal wall

spoon-shaped cartilage which extends up and back from the larynx

the pharynx opens up into this. the velum can be raised and lowered to open and close the opening from the pharynx

upper surface of the velum

sounds made with a velic opening

sounds made with velic closure

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