Phonetics Quiz

Phonetics

Definition

• Study of the physical properties of speech sounds
• Examines the production, transmission, and perception of speech sounds

Branches of Phonetics

• Articulatory Phonetics: studies how sounds are produced by the human vocal apparatus
• Acoustic Phonetics: studies the physical properties of speech sounds as they are transmitted through the air
• Auditory Phonetics: studies how listeners perceive speech sounds

Speech Sounds

• Phones: individual speech sounds
• Phonemes: smallest units of sound that distinguish meaning between words
• Allophones: variants of phonemes that do not change the meaning of a word

Transcription Systems

• IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet): standardized system for transcribing speech sounds
• Phonetic transcription: represents the exact pronunciation of speech sounds

Articulation

• Place of Articulation: where in the mouth the sound is produced (e.g. lips, tongue, teeth)
• Manner of Articulation: how the sound is produced (e.g. stop, fricative, nasal)
• Voicing: whether the sound is made with the vocal cords (voiced) or not (voiceless)

Types of Speech Sounds

• Vowels: sounds made without obstruction in the mouth (e.g. /a/, /i/, /u/)
• Consonants: sounds made with obstruction in the mouth (e.g. /p/, /t/, /k/)
• Syllables: units of sound organization in speech, typically consisting of a vowel and optional consonants

Phonetics

Definition

• Phonetics is the study of the physical properties of speech sounds.
• It examines the production, transmission, and perception of speech sounds.

Branches of Phonetics

• Articulatory Phonetics examines how sounds are produced by the human vocal apparatus.
• Acoustic Phonetics examines the physical properties of speech sounds as they are transmitted through the air.
• Auditory Phonetics examines how listeners perceive speech sounds.

Speech Sounds

• Phones are individual speech sounds.
• Phonemes are the smallest units of sound that distinguish meaning between words.
• Allophones are variants of phonemes that do not change the meaning of a word.

Transcription Systems

• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a standardized system for transcribing speech sounds.
• Phonetic transcription represents the exact pronunciation of speech sounds.

Articulation

• Place of Articulation refers to where in the mouth the sound is produced (e.g. lips, tongue, teeth).
• Manner of Articulation refers to how the sound is produced (e.g. stop, fricative, nasal).
• Voicing refers to whether the sound is made with the vocal cords (voiced) or not (voiceless).

Types of Speech Sounds

• Vowels are sounds made without obstruction in the mouth (e.g. /a/, /i/, /u/).
• Consonants are sounds made with obstruction in the mouth (e.g. /p/, /t/, /k/).
• Syllables are units of sound organization in speech, typically consisting of a vowel and optional consonants.