English language for writers quiz 2

phonetics

study of speech sounds

phonology

study of speech sounds during specific time or in specific place

phoneme

speech sounds

phonemics 

study of phonemes 

voiced vs unvoiced

whether the sound is vibrated

bilabials 

sound made with lips

labiodentals

bottom lip touches upper teeth

alveolars

tongue raised to ridge behind teeth

palatals 

tongue touches roof of mouth 

velars

tongue touching back of roof of mouth

uvulars

tongue near uvula

glottal 

sounds made with vocal cords 

glottal stop

cut off of air - how we don’t pronounce “t”

\p\ sound

bilabial

\f\ sound

labiodental 

“th” sound

interdental

“sh”, “y”, “juh” sounds

palatals 

\t\

alveolars

\k\, \g\ sounds

velars

fricative

air forced out of mouth making a hissing sound “fff” “sss”

affricative 

sound blocked, then hissed. “chair” “jam”

round vowels

when lips are rounded. “ou” vs “ee”

nasal sounds

air comes out of nose

glide 

flow of sound from consonant to vowel sound 

liquid

sounds that can be elongated