LINA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Diphthong, Mid Vowel, Free Variation
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Phonetics is: study physical properties of speech sounds, how speech sounds are produced (articulatory phonetics) Ask what are the differences between individual speech sounds? . Sound classes place of articulation special place of articulation: Manner in which the air is obstructed. Manner of articulation: stops3. 1, called stops because the air is stopped completely at first and then released completely. 2 types of stops: oral stops - default stops. Continuous audible noise: narrow constriction of the vocal tract causes frication (or turbulence, ex. Affricates: a combination of stop (complete closure) followed by a fricative (release) Involve complete closure but count them as affricates instead of stops. In this class, it will not be counted as 2 separate things. Produced with hair moving around the sides of the tongue. Tongue taps the alveolar ridge once, very quickly. In north american dialect, it doesn"t happen in british english.
