English 311 Quiz 1 || with A+ Guaranteed Solutions.

Phonetics correct answers The study of speech sounds within a language - production (articulatory phonetics) -transmission (acoustic phonetics) -reception (auditory phonetics) phonemes correct answers Individual sounds in a language IPA correct answers International Phonetic Alphabet Vowels correct answers air is exhaled freely without any interruption on its way out Consonants correct answers air is somehow obstructed or interrupted on its way out Phonetic symbols correct answers are represented in slashes / / (or square brackets [ ]) to distinguish them from letters. Voicing correct answers This has to do with whether or not our vocal chords are vibrating when we pronounce these consonants Voiced correct answers If you feel it vibrating when you're saying a consonant, then that consonant is voiced. Voiceless correct answers If you DON'T feel it vibrating when you're saying a consonant, then the sound is voiceless. Place of Articulation correct answers where the sound is made/where the airstream is interrupted in the vocal tract BILABIAL correct answers Air might be interrupted in between two lips, right before it's blown out. Try pronouncing these sounds: /p, b, m, w/ LABIODENTAL correct answers Air can be interrupted in between the lower lip and upper teeth. Try these sounds: /f, v/ INTERDENTAL correct answers Tongue tip in between the upper and lower teeth interrupts passage of air. Try these phonemes /Ө, ð/ ALVEOLAR correct answers Tongue touches the bony part right behind the upper teeth (alveolar ridge) . Try pronouncing /t, d, n, s, z, l/ PALATAL correct answers Tongue touches hard palate behind the alveolar ridge, as in these sounds: /ʃ , t ʃ, ʒ, d ʒ, r, j/