LING 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Velar Nasal, Mouth, Vocal Folds
24 Dec 2018
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Oral cavity what cavity: velum stop up fricative up affricate up flap up. Single tap against the alveolar ridge tongue touches roof of mouth, but side channel open. Voiced sounds: adducted= together, air causes them to vibrate. Voiceless sounds: abducted= apart, air passes through unimpeded. Diphthongs vowels with two targets two vowels in a single syllable: [o , [e ] Less advanced tongue root: different sounds = different articulatory settings. Tongue, lips, velum, etc. has to move from one state to the next. Sound wave interpretation: amplitude how open the vocal tract is high amplitude for vowels, lower for nasals. Loudness of sound: vowels more intense than consonants. Pop, then rush of air outside to equalize pressure sound. Prosody: speech is more than just a sequence of sounds, segments are organized into larger structures, syllables, phrases. Prosody organizes speech into larger structures and highlights certain speech units.
