| A | B |
|---|
| phoneme | speech sound |
| larynx | voice box |
| vowel sounds | there are 14 of these |
| diphthong | start with one vowel, end with another |
| consonant | there are 25 of these |
| English | made from three languages + |
| oral cavity | the mouth |
| resonators | must keep open and relaxed |
| tongue | devided into five sections |
| tongue front | different from the tongue tip |
| IPA | international phonetic alphabet |
| Phonetics | one sound for each symbol |
| diacritic symbols | uses marks over letters to show sounds |
| Newman Dictionary of American English | uses phonetic symbols |
| triphthongs | a "combination" of two vowels and the "r." |
| soft palate | moves down to allow sounds to pass through the nose. |
| gum-ridge | the "bump" directly behind the upper front teeth |
| diaphragm | the muscle that devides the thorax from the abdomen |
| thorax | the chest |
| intercostals | the muscles between the ribs |
