Part 1. PHONETICS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 535.

· Match

1. ______ studies material, or physical, sounds of speech.
2. ______studies sound types, or abstract sounds of language; highlights the functions of sound types, i.e. their ability to differentiate between meanings.

a) Phonetics b) Phonology

· Match

1. ______ studies physical properties (pitch, loudness, length, timbre, etc.) of audible speech sounds. _________uses various instrumental techniques of investigation to provide an objective account of speech patterns related to the way sounds are produced and heard.

2. ______ studies articulation of sounds with regard to the organs of speech.

a)Articulatory Phonetics; b) Acoustic Phonetics

· Describe:

Organs of speech: a) active, b) passive, c) power mechanism, d) resonators.

· Define:

Articulatory basis of a language.

· Describe:

Stages of articulation.

· Identify the phenomenon:

1. The two sounds of different articulatory nature come together. The off-glide of the first sound and the on-glide of the second sound are pronounced simultaneously. E.g. queue /`kju:/.

2. The two sounds of similar articulatory nature come together. Different stages of articulation penetrate into each other. E.g. a) the off-glide of the first sound penetrates into the off-glide of the second sound: month /`m^n0/; b) the off-glide of the first sound penetrates into the retention stage of the second sound: asked /`a:skt/; c) the retention stages of the two sounds penetrate into each other: illegal /`il`li:gl/.