LING 1100 Study Guide - Articulatory Phonetics, Vocal Folds, Vocal Tract

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 1100
• Professor: Karen Schwartz

Document Summary

Phonetics: study of minimal units that make up a language. Articulatory phonetics: the study of the production of speech sounds. Acoustic phonetics: the study of the transmission and the physical properties of speech sounds. Auditory phonetics: the study of the perception of speech sounds. Articulation / articulatory gesture: the motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract. Segmental features: the voicing, place, and manner of articulation. Larynx: contains the vocal folds and glottis (sometimes called the voice box) Vocal tract: above the larynx, composed of nasal and oral cavities. Sub-glottal system: part of respiratory system located below the larynx. Sounds created by exhaling are made by using: airstream mechanisms. Trachea: (wind pipe) within are the vocal folds. Vibrations in your vocal folds and the glottis is opening creates voicing. Voiced sounds: sounds made with the vocal folds vibrating. Voiceless sounds: sounds made without the vibration in the vocal folds.