Place of articulation — examples?
Bilabial, alveolar, velar, etc.
Suprasegmental features — influence?
Meaning, emotion, grammatical structure.
Vowel chart — categories?
High-mid-low, front-central-back.
Vowel chart — purpose?
Categorizes vowels by tongue position.
Voicing — definition?
Vibration of vocal cords during sound production.
Acoustic properties — studied?
Frequency, amplitude, duration of sounds.
Suprasegmental features — examples?
Intonation, stress, rhythm.
Speech organs — main types?
Tongue, lips, teeth, palate, vocal cords.
Phonetic transcription — tool?
IPA symbols for precise pronunciation.
Phonetic transcription — purpose?
Represents sounds using IPA symbols.
Vowels — number in speech?
Approximately 20 distinct sounds.
Consonant articulation — key factor?
Place, manner, voicing of airflow restriction.
Manner of articulation — examples?
Plosive, fricative, nasal, etc.
Vowel articulation — key factor?
Tongue position and lip shape.
Phonology — definition?
Study of sound systems and patterns in language.
Articulatory phonetics — focus?
How speech organs produce sounds.
Consonants — number in speech?
Around 24 different sounds.
Phonemes — role?
Smallest units distinguishing meaning.
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