What are the three branches of phonetics? What do they focus on?
Articulatory: how sounds are produced. Acoustic: how sounds are transmitted from the mouth to the ear. Auditory: speech perception or the hearing process.
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Describe "affricates".
It's combination of plosives and fricatives. First, the air is obstructed and, then, it is released slowly through a narrowing passage.
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Define "articulators".
Set of muscles and organs inside the vocal tract that shape the air flow to produce speech sounds.
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Describe the different stages of the glottis.
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Describe "nasals"
Thereโs a complete obstruction of the air in the mouth or oral cavity, so the air escapes through the nose.
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Describe the criteria "position of the velum".
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What are the differences between pure vowels and diphthongs?
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Define "phonology".
It focuses on a more abstract level (sounds in context) and deals with the system, rules and patterns of the sounds from a particular language.
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Define "glottis".
The opening between the vocal folds.
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What are the differences between consonants and vowels?
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Define "uvula".
It's a piece of flesh that hands down at the back of the mouth. It prevents food and liquid from entering the nasal cavity.
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Describe "approximants".
In their production, the articulators are closed enough to cause โturbulenceโ.