LINB09H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Voiceless Alveolar Fricative, Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Affricate, Alveolar Stop
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Branch of linguistics that studies the sound of human language. Transcription vs. orthography: orthography (the spelling that a language uses) often has nothing to do with the way words are pronounced (transcription) Articulatory phonetics studies the physiological mechanisms of speech production. Acoustic phonetics studies the sound waves produced in speech. Auditory phonetics studies the way sounds are heard & perceived. Source filter model: airflow lungs push air through the glottis, source larynx: vocal folds vibrate, filter supralaryngeal vocal tract: the shape of the tube that air travels via affects its sound. Larynx vs. vocal folds vs. glottis: larynx contains vocal folds (space between the glottis, glottis . Voiced vocal folds adducted or together. Voiceless vocal folds abducted or spread apart. Upper vs. lower articulators: lower (active) articulators lower lip, tongue, jaw move to form constrictions, upper (passive) articulators upper lip and palate remain fixed.
