1. What is phonology primarily concerned with?
2. According to phonetics, approximately how many vowel sounds are there in spoken English?
3. What is the primary role of speech organs in speech production?
Place of articulation — examples?
Bilabial, alveolar, velar, etc.
Suprasegmental features — influence?
Meaning, emotion, grammatical structure.
Vowel chart — categories?
High-mid-low, front-central-back.
Vowel chart — purpose?
Categorizes vowels by tongue position.
Voicing — definition?
Vibration of vocal cords during sound production.
Acoustic properties — studied?
Frequency, amplitude, duration of sounds.
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