Vocal cords (folds)
– two soft folds in the larynx which can be brought together and apart,
thus producing voice. See also
fundamental frequency
,
glottal
,
glottal stop
,
phonation
,
voice
quality
.
Vocal tract
– the air passages above the vocal folds which form the system used to produce
speech. This starts at the larynx and includes the pharynx, the mouth, and the nasal cavity.
Vocoid
– a sound with no obstruction in the centre of the mouth. Vowels and semivowels
are vocoids.
Voice quality
–
timbre
.
Voiced consonants
– sounds produced when the vocal cords are brought together and
vibrate.
Voiced pauses
– they have usually the quality of the central vowel [ɜ:(ə)] with or without
nasalization [ə(m)]. They are used to signal hesitation or doubt and therefore are called hesitation
pauses.
Voiceless consonants
– sounds produced when the vocal cords are apart and don’t vibrate,
as in English [s] in
sea
.
Voice quality
– one of the suprasegmental features of speech that can be controlled by
speakers.
Voicing
– the vibration of the vocal folds which accompanies many speech sounds,
particularly vowels.
Vowel
– a class of speech sounds in which there is little or no obstruction to the flow of air
through the vocal tract, and which is normally found forming the middle of a syllable. The criteria
for classificatory description of vowels are: 1) stability of articulation; 2) tongue position; 3) lip
position; 4) character of the vowel end; 5) length; 6) tenseness.
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