Phonetics Quiz 6

What does VOT stand for?

Voice Onset Time

the interval between the release of the oral closure for a stop and the onset of voicing in the next voiced segment

What does a voiced waveform look like? How do you know?

shorter

first arrow: tiny release second arrow: VF vibrate

What does a voiceless waveform look like? How do you know?

longer

first arrow: releasing stop second arrow: a vowel

What does the b spectrogram look like?

bilabial edges of all formants point down

What does the d spectrogram look like?

alveolar the 2nd formant points up

What does the g spectrogram look like?

velar 2nd and 3rd formants come together

What can you see on a waveform? What can you see on a spectrogram?

waveform- voicing and manner of articulation

spectrograms- place of articulation, manner of articulation, voicing

What sounds have formants?

speech sounds

vowels and some consonants

How do you tell on a spectrogram is a sound is voiced or voiceless?

voice bar at the bottom of the spectrogram