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1
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What is phonetics?

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The study of the sounds of speech as physical events generally without reference to a particular language or speaker

2
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Phonetics is

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The study of the way speech sounds are produced

3
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What are the three types of phonetics?

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Articulatory
Acoustic
Auditory

4
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What does phonetics use to represent these speech sounds (transcription)?

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A sound based alphabet

5
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What is phonology?

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The study of how sounds function in language

6
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What is the term used to describe the sounds used in a particular language (or speaker)?

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System

7
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What is the term used to describe the rules of how these sounds are used?

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Structure

8
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What parts of the body are involved in speech

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Articulatory/supra laryngeal region: oral and nasal cavity

Respiratory/breathing region:lungs, diaphragm

Laryngeal/phonatory region: larynx, vocal folds

9
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What is voicing?

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Vocal fold vibration

10
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Voiced sounds can be?

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Vowels or consonants

11
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Voiceless sounds can only be?

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Consonants

12
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What is the epiglottis?

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Sits at top of larynx
No function in speech
Flap of tissue
Seals off larynx in swallowing