Learn: chapter 2: articulators

all the sounds we make when we speak are the result of ...

muscles contracting

Muscles in the chest that we use for breathing produce the .............................. that is needed in almost all speech sounds

flow of air

muscles in the ... produce many different modifications in the flow of air from the chest to the mouth

larynx

After passing through the larynx, the air goes through what we call the ..., which ends at the mouth and nostrils

vocal tract

The ... is a tube which begins just above the larynx

pharynx

The ... is in a position that allows air to pass through the nose and through the mouth.

velum or soft palate

When we make the sounds k and g the tongue is in contact with the lower side of the velum, and we call these ... consonants.

velar

The ... is often called the "roof of the mouth". You can feel its smooth curved surface with your tongue.

hard palate

The ... is between the top front teeth and the hard palate

alveolar ridge

Sounds made with the tongue touching the alveolar ridge (such as t and d ) are called ...

alveolar

Sounds made with the tongue touching the front teeth are called ...

dental

Sounds in which the lips are in contact with each other are called ...

bilabial

Sounds with lip-to-teeth contact are called ...

labiodental

we use the word ... to refer to the opening between the vocal folds

glottis

when the vocal folds are apart we say that the ... is ...

glottis, open

when the vocal folds are pressed together we say that the ... is ...

glottis, close

narrow glottis: if air is passed through the glottis when it is narrowed, the result is a fricative sound for which the symbol is ...

/h/

vocal folds tightly closed: we call it a glottal...

stop/plosive