glottal
From the voicebox
Glottal describes sounds produced at the glottis—the opening between the vocal cords in the throat.
The glottal stop, heard in the middle of "uh-oh," occurs when the glottis closes briefly then releases.
In some British dialects, glottal stops replace the t sound: "bottle" becomes "bo'le."
Clear vocal expression
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- consonantIn agreement with
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
implosive · phonology · segmental · sonority · IPA · transcription · diacritic · phonetician
Speech-producing throat organ
- vocal foldsSound-producing laryngeal membranes
- vocal cordsSound-producing throat membranes
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
- voiceboxSound-producing throat organ
airway · trachea · windpipe · aperture · closure · adduction · abduction · sphincter
Vocal fold vibration
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- pitchFrequency of sound
- toneQuality of sound
- voicingExpressing aloud
breathy · creaky · falsetto · whisper · murmur · vocal fry · register · frequency
Manner of speaking words
- accentRegional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
- word-finalAt a term's end
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
reduction · casual speech · sociolinguistic · variation · British English · Scottish English · Hawaiian · Arabic
articulation
Clear vocal expression
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- consonantIn agreement with
aspiration · implosive · phonology · segmental · sonority · IPA · transcription · diacritic · phonetician · voiced
larynx
Speech-producing throat organ
- vocal foldsSound-producing laryngeal membranes
- vocal cordsSound-producing throat membranes
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
voicebox · airway · trachea · windpipe · aperture · closure · adduction · abduction · sphincter
phonation
Vocal fold vibration
voicing · breathy · creaky · falsetto · whisper · murmur · vocal fry · register · frequency · fundamental
pronunciation
Manner of speaking words
- accentRegional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
- word-finalAt a term's end
elision · reduction · casual speech · sociolinguistic · variation · British English · Scottish English · Hawaiian · Arabic · Danish
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- articulationalveolar, bilabial, dental, labial, palatal
- jointsbutt joint, corner joint, knee, elbow, ankle
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- consonantsd, h, q, r, w
- Pinyinpinyin, initials, finals, tones, neutral tone