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| A vowel’s sound that can be sustained wihout movement of articulators or a change in the quality of sound until air flow ceases. |
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| Two vowel sounds that are perceived as a single language unit. |
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| International Phonetic Alphabet. Phonetic Symbols that are assigned exact sounds. |
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| A chart that shows how sounds are made. Shows the placement of vowels with the positioning of the tongue when articulating various vowels. |
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| Arch of tongue is forward and back. |
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| Dark vowels with the tongue arched back. |
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| When tongue is close to the roof of the mouth. |
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| The more open the space is between the roof of the mouth and the tongue and the farther the jaw is dropped. |
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| Position of lips most back vowels use. |
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| Position of lips most forward vowels use. |
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| Most important for getting the meaning and expression of a word across. A speech sound formed when articulators interrupt flow of air through the vocal tract. |
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| Place in the vocal tract where the interruption of air flow occurs. This includes the lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate and glottis. |
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| Method of interruption of the airflow. Interaction of the articulators. |
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| Occurs when air flow is completely prevented from passing through the mouth or nose and then is released suddenly. |
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| Has the air flow partially interrupted, producing a noisy sound. |
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Produced with air travelling through the nasal passageway.
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| Only one in English. l sound in “lit”. |
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| To blend one tone into the next. A slur. R sound in red, y sound in yet, w in wear. |
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| If a sound has a pitch or not. |
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| A sound that has pitch. [g] |
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| A sound that does not have pitch. [k] |
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| Consonate made in same manner. Voiced or unvoiced. i.e [b] [p] |
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| Combination of two consonants represented by two symbols or by single symbols. |
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| Melodic flow in sentence that creates meaningful words in English when spoken aloud. |
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| Most accepted prestige dialect in United States. Stage dictation used with art songs and opera. |
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