Flashcard: Mastering English Sounds and Pronunciation — 18 carte

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.