phonetics

tongue

Oral muscle for taste

• palateOral cavity ceiling
• velumMuscular mouth membrane
• glottisVocal cord opening

lips · teeth · uvula · larynx · pharynx · alveolar · bilabial · voicing · aspiration · airstream

allophone

Non-distinctive sound variation

• vowelUnobstructed speech sound
• consonantIn agreement with
• diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions

monophthong · plosive · fricative · affricate · nasal · trill · flap · glide · schwa · sibilant

pronunciation

Manner of speaking words

• utteranceSpoken expression aloud
• enunciationClarity of spoken words
• dictionChoice of words

fluency · accent · dialect · speaking · voice · elocution · spoken · oral · vocalization · intelligibility

frequency

Rate of recurrence

• waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
• amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
• spectrogramFrequency-over-time display

hertz · resonance · harmonics · pitch · timbre · vibration · oscillation · formant · fundamental · overtones

intonation

Pitch variation in speech

• stressPressure, mental or vocal
• toneQuality of sound
• rhythmPatterned stress and silence

cadence · contour · emphasis · prominence · syllable · mora · timing · lengthening · boundary · phrasing

IPA

Sound notation system

• symbolRepresentational mark or sign
• diacriticSymbol modifying letter pronunciation
• bracketSupport or category

narrow transcription · broad transcription · notation · alphabet · romanization · transliteration · encoding · chart · representation · annotation

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