Phonetics and Phonology Flashcards

Flashcards on Phonetics and Phonology

Phonology

The study of the mental representation of speech sounds and how sounds are categorized.

Phonetics

The study of physical properties of speech sounds and how speech sound are produced.

Articulation of Speech Sounds

Speech sounds are made by shaping the airflow using the vocal tract and articulators like the lips, tongue, and velum.

Vowels

Air flows freely.

Consonants

Some part of the mouth blocks or restricts the airflow.

Voicing (Consonant Feature)

Whether the vocal cords vibrate or not.

Place of Articulation (Consonant Feature)

Where the airflow is obstructed.

Manner of Articulation (Consonant Feature)

Manner in which the airflow is obstructed.

Voiced Sounds

Vocal cords vibrate.

Voiceless Sounds

Vocal cords do not vibrate.

Stops

Complete stop of airflow, then release.

Fricatives

Airflow is forced through a narrow space, creating friction.

Bilabial

Sound produced by obstructing airflow at the lips.

Alveolar

Sound whose place of articulation is the alveolar ridge, just behind the teeth.

Velar

Sound whose place of articulation is the velum (the soft tissue at the back of the roof of your mouth).

Alveopalatal

Tongue near hard palate

Phoneme

An abstract mental representation of a distinctive sound in a language; smallest unit that makes a difference in meaning.

Allophones

The set of predictable phonetic variants of a phoneme; physical realizations of the same phoneme.

Voice Onset Time (VOT)

Time between release of burst and onset of vocal fold vibration.