Phonetics Lecture Notes

These flashcards cover key phonetic concepts such as coarticulation, transcription methods, syllabic consonants, and voicing in speech sounds.

Coarticulation means articulating __.

together.

Nasalization is when a speech sound is changed because of nearby __.

sounds.

We use __ transcription to show exactly how a person said a phrase.

narrow.

The symbol used for syllabic consonants is a vertical line placed the consonant symbol.

underneath.

In broad transcription, we typically use __ to indicate standard pronunciation.

slashes.

The three syllabic consonants in English are la, ma, and _.

na.

Words like 'water' demonstrate the __, where a 't' sound becomes a fast 'd' sound.

flap.

The __ stop is voiceless and occurs when the vocal cords are not vibrating.

glottal.

Aspiration occurs at the __ of stressed syllables.

beginning.

A voiceless stop preceded by an 's' will be __ in terms of aspiration.

unaspirated.

In the word 'kitten', the __ stop causes the 't' to become a glottal stop.

intervocalic.

Velarization refers to the back of the tongue rising up towards the __.

velum.

The dark 'l' sound occurs at the end of words, such as in 'deal', resulting in __.

velarization.

Transcribing 'the cat sat' as [ðə kæt sæt] is an example of __ transcription.

narrow.

Word stress can often be identified by using a __ voice quality when saying the word.

exaggerated.

Schwa is typically represented in phonetic transcription with the symbol __.

ə.

The difference between aspiration and unaspirated stops can be remembered using the __ test with a Kleenex.

Kleenex.

The voiced flap sound in American English occurs primarily between two __ sounds.

vowels.