LING 2007 - Lecture Material

The production of speech sound: air passes from lungs through windpipe, vocal folds, throat, mouth, and nose.

• Acoustic Phonetics

• Articulatory Phonetics

• Auditory Phonetics

• Dialectic Phonetics

The study of the vibrations of speech sounds.

• Acoustic Phonetics

• Articulatory Phonetics

• Auditory Phonetics

• Dialectic Phonetics

The study of how speech sounds are heard and perceived.

• Acoustic Phonetics

• Articulatory Phonetics

• Auditory Phonetics

• Dialectic Phonetics

The vocal folds are contained in...

• Arytenoid Cartilage

• Cricoid Cartilage

• Trachea

• Larynx

A complex structure, cylindrical in shape, composed of cartilages held together by ligaments, supports muscles, and contains the vocal folds.

• Larynx

• Trachea

• Hyoid Bone

• Thyroid Cartilage

A tube made up of a series of cartilaginous rings, resembling a vacuum hose, starting from the lungs to sit just below the larynx.

• Lungs

• Trachea

• Thyroid Cartilage

• Cricoid Cartilage

Resembles a signet ring with the shield at the back.

• Cricoid Cartilage

• Hyoid Bone

• Larynx

• Thyroid Cartilage

Small pyramid-shaped cartilage that comes in a pair, sitting atop the rear of the cricoid cartilage and can rotate and move forward and backwards slightly. Movement allows the glottis to take on a variety of shapes, thus producing a variety of sound.

• Cricoid Cartilage

• Thyroid Cartilage

• Arytenoid Cartilage

• Hyoid Bone

Plough-shaped and sits just above cricoid cartilage which's forward point is the adam's apple.

• Cricoid Cartilage

• Arytenoid Cartilage

• Hyoid Bone

• Thyroid Cartilage

Space between the vocal folds.

• Glottis

• Larynx

• Trachea

• Pharynx