Diction Matching (FINAL)

Diction Studying: Vowel Chart: https://www.purposegames.com/game/articulation-vowel-placement Consonant practice: https://www.purposegames.com/game/consonant-ipa-chart-diction Definition of placement: https://knowt.com/flashcards/e492497b-fdef-42b4-bfa6-541d844bb54d Diction Questions for Languages: https://www.purposegames.com/game/final-exam-diction-i-study-questions

BILABIAL

Consonants produced through the full or partial closing of the lips.

LABIO-DENTAL

Consonants produced as a result of contact between the lower lip and the upper teeth.

LINGUA-DENTAL

Consonants produced as a result of contact between the tip of tongue and the teeth.

LINGUA-ALVEOLAR (or ALVEOLAR)

Consonants produced as a result of contact between the tip of tongue and the alveolar ridge.

LINGUA-POST-ALVEOLAR

Consonants produced as a result of contact between the tongue and the area behind the alveolar ridge.

RETROFLEX

Consonants produced by allowing the tip of the tongue to curve up and to the back slightly.

PALATAL

Consonants produced as a result of contact between the middle or back of the tongue and the hard palate.

VELAR

Consonants produced as a result of contact between the middle or back of the tongue and the velar region, or the soft palate.

GLOTTAL

Consonants produced as a result of laryngeal tension.

AFFRICATIVE CONSONANT

A stop-plosive consonant with a simultaneous fricative consonant.

COGNATES

Pairs of phonemes that differ only in voice.

VOICED

Description of a consonant that is produced with vocalization of the vocal folds.

UNVOICED

Description of a consonant that is produced without vocalization of the vocal folds.

NASAL CONSONANTS

Phonemes produced with resonance reinforcement from the nasal cavity.

STOP-PLOSIVES

Consonants produced by stopping and then releasing the air.

FRICATIVES

Consonants produced through partial closure of the articulators around the breath canal.

APPROXIMANTS

Consonants produced by bringing the articulators very close together but not quite making contact.

LATERAL

Consonants produced by lifting part of the tongue to the roof of the mouth, causing air to flow out on either side of the tongue.

PHONEME

A basic unit of sound in speech.

DIPHTHONGS

Sounds produced through continuous motion of the articulators, creating the effect of two vowel sounds in a single breath impulse.

VOWELS

Speech sounds that are produced without obstruction of the breath canal.

GLIDES

When two vowel sounds are uttered in a single breath impulse, with the first sound longer than the second.

NASAL VOWELS

Vowels produced by lowering the velum so that air is directed through the nasal cavity.