1. Tell me what is glottal stop?
a sound made by stopping air as it passes through your throat. In some varieties of spoken English a glottal stop is often used instead of a ‘t' sound in the middle or at the end of a word.
2. What is stressed adjective?
linguistics a stressed word or syllable (=part of a word) is pronounced more loudly or with greater force than other words or syllables
an individual speech sound that makes one word different from another. For example, the ‘b' and ‘f' in ‘bill' and ‘fill'.
linguistics a pause between two vowel sounds that come one after the other, for example in the word naive
a speech sound that is sometimes pronounced as a vowel but is considered to be a consonant, for example ‘y'
the practice of leaving a sound out when you say a word or group of words, for example when you say it quickly in ordinary conversation
7. What is syllabic consonant noun?
a consonant sound which forms a syllable on its own, for example the second syllable of the word ‘garden' when the schwa sound is not pronounced
linguistics the sound ‘l' or ‘r'
linguistics the sound produced when you pronounce something by breathing air out through your mouth
the way in which your voice rises or falls when you speak
a syllable that has a consonant at its end
a silent letter is a letter in a word that has no sound when you say the word but that must be used when the word is spelled or written
a combination of two vowel sounds said one after the other, as in the words ‘find' and ‘fail'
linguistics a short vowel or syllable is one that you pronounce quickly
15. What is unvoiced adjective?
linguistics an unvoiced sound is produced without using your vocal cords. In English, ‘/t/', ‘/s/', and ‘/f/' are unvoiced sounds.
one of the sibilant speech sounds, for example ‘s' or ‘sh'
linguistics labial sounds are ones that you pronounce with your lips closed or close together or with your top teeth touching your bottom lip. ‘p', ‘b' , ‘f', ‘v', and ‘m' are labial sounds
a bilabial sound is one that you produce using both lips, for example the sound of ‘m' or ‘p'
19. What is palatal adjective?
if you pronounce a sound that is palatal, especially a consonant, you pronounce it by moving your tongue near or against the hard palate
a consonant sound made when the back of your tongue touches your uvula
a word or a part of a word that has only one vowel sound. For example ‘son' has one syllable and ‘father' has two syllables.
22. What is phonetic adjective?
using special symbols as a way of showing speech sounds in writing
International Phonetic Alphabet: a system of symbols used for representing speech sounds
to pronounce a vowel or consonant without passing air over your vocal cords
linguistics a letter that is mute is not pronounced
a vowel sound used in unstressed syllables, for example the sound of ‘a' in ‘above'. Its symbol is ə.
voiced sounds are produced by passing air over your vocal cords
28. What is unstressed adjective?
an unstressed word or syllable (=part of a word) is pronounced more quietly or with less force than other words or syllables
the pattern of speech sounds used in a particular language
a written letter, group of letters, number, or symbol that represents a single sound in speech
linguistics to breathe out air while pronouncing a sound, for example the ‘h' in ‘hat'
linguistics a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth
a sound pronounced with the top teeth touching the bottom lip, for example ‘f' and ‘v'
34. What is secondary stress noun?
british the second strongest emphasis on a part of a word or sentence
35. What is vocalic adjective?
relating to vowels, or consisting of a vowel
