Psychology 2134A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Speech Perception, Motor Speech Disorders, Language Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2134A/B
• Professor: Sarah Smits- Bandstra

Document Summary

4. 1 the vocal tract and the production of speech. Vocal chords: a pair of membranes stretched across the opening of the glottis that can be vibrated to produce sound: phonation: vibration of the vocal chords like when you say ahhh. Alveolar ridge: fleshy ridge in the mouth behind the front teeth that covers the bone where the teeth are anchored. Hard palate: bony region along the roof of the mouth. Velum: fleshy region behind the hard palate. Root: the back of the tongue. (the root touches the velum to make velar sounds like [k] and [g]) Interdental: a consonant that is produced by putting the tongue between the upper and lower teeth [th]: alveolar: a consonant produced by pressing the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge. [j: velar: consonants produced by pressing the root against the soft palate (velum). [g] [k: glottal stop: consonant produced by constricting the vocal folds.