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3. The organs and mech ani cs of speech

ł. Krajne the organs or speech and othcr anntomical dctnils prcscntcd in Ihe drawing bclow. Discuss their funclion in thc production ofśpcech.

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1. Supply tlić missing words or phrascs; the numbcrs gi ven in parcnthcscs corrcspond to the organs ot speech In thc drawing of rnrtise 1.

In the couise of sound production, thc strcam of air produccd by lite ..    .. . gbcs

into thc .    .

Wm (t). at thc top of which the ... .1 +ff£f9K----(3)

is shuatcd. Insidc the........ (3). whose protniding front is known as thc

AĄwffCi.    . (4). the .....    .. j............(3)

are found. Whcn they vibrate, sounds wbklt are produccd are.....V* i f-f Jf.....

Whcn they are .. . W?.ddC. . PM.......tlić sounds are voicctcss. Tlte opcning

bctwccn the ... ■/ 9.C r4\. CP.*f    . (3) is callcd the . |U^UdrŁ?j.......

Whcn thc strcam of air has passcd through tltc.....M V.......(3), it cntcrs

the cavity formed bctwcen the........KtóStft........ . (8) of thc touguc and thc

back wali of thc throat. Thls cavky is known as the .,.    .........(7).

f thc tongue is the ...

Ac the base of the tongue is the .

. (6). Thanks to it. the food

passes to the    ......(2) and nę^Khe^.    .....

.....(3). At the top of the throat, there is a fotCing*óf the air passage: the air can pass out

through the .... i    .......................(U) or

through the .    .......(20). This depends on the position of the

. . . S-Ott.    .. (10). alsocallccl the ..... yę..£_;t/Ąęv».........

Whcn it is raised, the way to the . AOftW. A&Ytty. .. . (II) is blocked and the

air escapes through the........flfcAflh/.. .ęftYl.rł^..................

(20). Whcn it is lowered. the air may go out through the .. . .....    ......

......CYYYl.ty.......(U). In the farmer easfc;...    ............

sounds are produccd, in the laner.. M9Sf*X. '..........sounds. At the lowcr

end of the . śofA. .. ffb    .. (10) there is a smali movable appendage that is

known as the .... V.V V .£«........ ----(9). Both the... sj*^r.T.

.. (10) and the.....MW rTS.........(9) are para of the, also called the roof

of the mouth. Ac the front of thc mouth the bony stnicture forms the. htofręłi .MMiC

.......(12). In the forcmost part of it, just behind the upper.. A P.C-.4.W.......

.........Phonetically

spcaking, its surface is usually dividetl into the...................(16), die

.....P    ..........(17), the.....tr ŁArtA/YCr........(18) and the

................(19). Finally, speech sounds may be modified by the shape

of the ........... MfS........(14).

3. Try to rcpeat the contcnt of cscrcise 2. looking at thc drawing in exercise 1.

The major speech organ in the mouth is the

I.... (15). there is a prominent tidge known as the .    .. <V'.«^£(13)

4. Choose thc correct nnswen

A.    Ali ordinary sounds oj Englislt are produccd willi:

(a^)(he outgoing strcam of air,

b)    the ingołng strcam of air,

c)    both thc out- and ingoing strcam of air.

B.    If the lmfgs“are the saurce ojettergy that sets the air stream in inotion. ihe sounds are known as:

a) dinphragmmlc,

(b^pulmonic, c) glona! ic.

C.    Fortis sounds are besi described as ihose:

a) whicb arc pcrceivcd as loudcr by thc hcarcr.