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Speech & Hearing 320
Principles of Phonetics (IPA)
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05/16/2011

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MONOTHONG
Definition
A VOWEL WITH UNCHANGING PHONETIC QUALITY THROUGHOUT ITS DURATION
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DIPHTHONG
Definition
A VOWEL LIKE SOUND THAT SERVES AS A SYLLABLE NUCLEUS AND TRANSITIONS FROM ONE VOWEL FROM VOWEL ARTICULATION TO ANOTHER
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OPEN SYLLABLE
Definition
SYLLABLE THAT ENDS WITH A VOWEL SOUND
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FINAL OR ARRESTING SOUND
Definition
THE UNDERLINED SOUND IN THE WORD W-O-R-M
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INGRESSIVE
Definition
INWARD FLOWING AIRSTREAM
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LAX
Definition
A VOWEL THAT IS RELATIVELY SHORT IN DURATION
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EPIGLOTTIS
Definition
PREVENTS FOREIGN MATTER FROM ENTERING THE LUNGS
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FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY
Definition
THE RATE OF VOCAL FOLD VIBRATION
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MORHPEME
Definition
SMALLEST UNIT OF LANGUAGE THAT CARRIES MEANING
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LARYNX
Definition
SITS ON TOP OF THE TRACHEA
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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
Definition
ATTACHES THE JAW TO THE TEMPORAL BONE
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DORSUM
Definition
THE BACK OF THE TONGUE
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SLASSHES DENOTE PHONEMES
Definition
BRACKETS REPRESENT ALLOPHONES
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ALLOGRAPHS
Definition
DIFFERENT LETTER SEQUENCES THAT REPRESENT THE SAME SOUND
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PHONEME
Definition
A SPECIFIC SPEECH SOUND FROM THE IPA PHONETIC ALPHABET
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PLACE OF ARTICULATION
Definition
WHERE THE SOUND IS PRODUCED IN THE MOUTH
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ALLOPHONES
Definition
VARIANT PRODUCTION OF A PHONEME
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DIACRITICS
Definition
SPECIALIZED SYMBOLS USED TO INDICATE ALLOPHONIC VARIATION
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SYLLABLE
Definition
A BASIC UNIT OF SPEECH PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION GENERALLY  CONSISTING OF A SEGMENT OF GREATEST ACOUSTIC ENERGY AND SEGMENTS OF LESSER ENERGY; A UNIT OF SPEECH CONSISTING OF AN ONSET AND/OR A RHYME
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CLOSED SYLLABLE
Definition
THOSE THAT EEND WITH A CONSONANT PHONEME
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VOWELS
Definition
PHONEMES THAT ARE PRODUCED WITHOUT ANY APPRECIABLE CONSTRICTION OR BLOCKAGE OF AIRFLOW IN THE VOCAL TRACT
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CONSONANT
Definition
A PHONEME PRODUCED WITH CONSTRICTION IN THE VOCAL TRACT 
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RESONANTS
Definition
PRODUCED WITH RESONANCE OCCURING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VOCAL TRACT; INCLUDES NASALS, LIQUIDS, & GLIDES THEY ARE ALL VOICED
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OBSTRUENTS
Definition
A CLASS OF SOUNDS (WITH A NOISE SOURCE) INCLUDING THE STOPS, FRICATIVES, AND AFFRICATIVES; NONRESONANT CONSONANTS
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FORMANTS
Definition
RESONANT FREQUENCIES OF THE VOCAL TRACT
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SPECTRUM
Definition
THE FREQUENCY ARRAY, OR ENERGY PATTERN, ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR PHONEME
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PREVOCALIC
Definition
CONSONANTS THAT OCCUR BEFORE A VOWEL IN ANY SYLLABLE
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POSTVOCALIC
Definition
CONSONANTS THAT OCCUR AFTER A VOWEL IN ANY SYLLABLE
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INTERVOCALIC
Definition
CONSONANTS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO VOWELS
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SYLLABIC CONSONANT
Definition
A CONSONANT THAT SERVES AS THE NUCLEUS OF A SYLLABLE
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MANNER OF PRODUCTION
Definition
THE WAY IN WHICH THE AIRSTREAM IS MODIFIED AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE VOCAL TRACT
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PLACE OF ARTICULATION
Definition
REFERS TO THE SPECIFIC ARTICULATORS EMPLOYED IN THE PARTICULAR PRODUCTION OF A PHONEME; THE LOCATION OF THE CONSTRICTION IN THE VOCAL TRACT IN PRODUCTION OF A CONSONANT
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VOICING
Definition
REFERS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE VOCAL FOLDS ARE VIBRATING DURING THE PRODUCTION OF A PARTICULAR CONSONANT
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COGNATES
Definition
PHONEMES THAT DIFFER ONLY IN VOICING
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INTRAORAL PRESSURE
Definition
AIR PRESSURE WITHIN THE ORAL CAVITY
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NASAL PLOSION
Definition
RELEASE OF AIR THROUGH THE NASAL CAVITY
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TAP
Definition
A MANNER OF CONSONANT PRODUCTION INOVLING THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE TONGUE TIP AGAINST THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF A VERY BRIEF PHONEME
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GLOTTAL STOP
Definition
AN ALLOPHONIC VARIATION OF /T/ O /D/, PRODUCED WHEN THE RELEASE OF THE STOP IS AT THE LEVEL OF THE VOCAL FOLDS INSTEAD OF THE ORAL CAVITY.
Term
HOMORGANIC
Definition
TWO CONSONANTS SHARING THE SAME PLACE OF ARTICULATION
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NASALS
Definition
AIRSTREAM IS COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTED IN THE ORAL CAVITY DURING THEIR PRODUCTION
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FRICATIVES
Definition
PRODUCED BY FORCING THE BREATH STREAM THROUGH A NARROW CHANNEL IN THE VOCAL TRACT
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GLIDES
Definition
INVOLVING A  GLIDING MOTION OF THE ARTICULATORS, IN AMANNER SIMILAR TO THE DIPHTHONGS, SOMETIMES CALLED SEMIVOWELS
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LIQUID
Definition
CATEGORIZES THE ORAL RESONANTS CONSONANTS /R/ AND /L/
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RETROFLEXED
Definition
ONE METHOD OF /R/ PRODUCTIN IN WHICH THE TONGUE IS TIP IS RAISED AND CURLED BACK TOWARD THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE, AS THE TONGUE CREATES A SECOND VELAR CONSTRICTION
Term
BUNCHED
Definition
ONE METHOD OF /R/ PRODUCTION IN WHICH  THE TONGUE APEX IS LOWERED AS THE TONGUE BLADE IS RAISED TO FORM ONE CONSTRICTION WITH THE PALATE, WHILE THE TONGUE ROOT FORMS A SECOND PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTION
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CITATION FORM
Definition
WHEN A WORD IS PRONOUCED CAREFULLY AS A SINGLE ITEM
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CONNECTED SPEECH
Definition
JOINING TWO OR MORE WORDS TOGETHER IN THE CREATION OF AN UTTERANCE
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COARTICULATION
Definition
OVERLAPPING PF ARTICULATORS DURING SPEECH PRODUCTION
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ASSIMILATION
Definition
PROCESS WHEREBY PHONEMES TAKE ON THE PHONETIC CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORING SOUNDS
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REGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION 
Definition
OCCURS WHEN THE IDENTITY OF A PHONEME IS MODIFIED DUE TO A PHONEME FOLLOWING IT
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PROGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION
Definition
OCCURS WHEN A PHONEME'S IDENTITY CHANGES AS THE RESULT OF A PHONEME PRECEDING IT IN TIME
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ELISION
Definition
OMISSION OF PHONEME DURING SPEECH PRODUCTION
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EPENTHESIS
Definition
THE ADDITION OF A PHONEME TO THE PRODUCTION OF A WORD
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METATHESIS
Definition
THE TRANSPORTATION OF SOUNDS IN A WORD
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SUPRASEGMENTAL
Definition
BEYOND SOUND SEGMENT OR PHONEME; STRESS TIMING, AND INTONATION
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CONTENT WORDS
Definition
WORDS THAT CONTAIN SALIENT INFORMATION IN A SENTENCE
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FUNCTION WORDS
Definition
LESS IMPORTANT WORDS IN A SENTENCE; INCLUDING PRONOUNS, ARTICLES, PREPOSITIONS, AND CONJUNCTIONS
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INTONATION
Definition
MODIFICATION OF VOICE PITCH
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INTONATIONAL PHRASE
Definition
CHANGE IN FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY THAT SPAN THE LENGTH OF A MEANINGFUL UTTERANCE
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TONIC SYLLABLE
Definition
SYLLABLE THAT RECIEVES THE GREATEST PITCH  CHANGE IN ANY PARTICULAR INTONATIONAL PHRASE
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TONIC ACCENT
Definition
THE EMPHASIS GIVEN TO THIS SYLLABLE
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RISING INTONATIONAL PHRASES
Definition
USUALLY INDICATES SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE SPEAKERS PART (TYPICAL OF QUESTIONS OR INCOMPLETE THOUGHTS)
Term
TEMPO
Definition
DURATIONAL ASPECT OF CONNECTED SPEECH
Term
JUNCTURE
Definition
TERM USED TO INDICATE THE WAY IN WHICH SYLLABLES AND WORDS ARE LINKED TOGETHER IN CONNECTED SPEECH
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EXTERNAL JUNCUTRE
Definition
PAUSE THAT CONNECTS TWO INTONATIONAL PHRASES
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OPEN INTERNAL JUNCTURE
Definition
PAUSE BETWEEN SYLLABLES
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CLOSE INTERNAL JUNCTURE
Definition
NO PAUSE BETWEEN SYLLABLES
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