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What is the most important type of oral stop?
What is the most important type of oral stop?
- Ejective
- Implosive
- Plosive (correct)
- Click
Which type of consonant involves a very narrow opening between the active and passive articulators?
Which type of consonant involves a very narrow opening between the active and passive articulators?
- Click
- Implosive
- Fricative (correct)
- Ejective
What distinguishes affricates from plosives?
What distinguishes affricates from plosives?
- Contact between articulators
- Gradual release (correct)
- Sudden release
- Complete closure
Which type of consonant involves a period where the active and passive articulators are in contact?
Which type of consonant involves a period where the active and passive articulators are in contact?
What type of stop is characterized by being a sonorant and not an obstruent?
What type of stop is characterized by being a sonorant and not an obstruent?
Which type of stop consonant involves a release stage where contact between articulators is broken off?
Which type of stop consonant involves a release stage where contact between articulators is broken off?
Which type of sonorant consonants are formed by a complete closure in the oral cavity?
Which type of sonorant consonants are formed by a complete closure in the oral cavity?
What type of consonants have unhindered airflow through some parts of the oral cavity but an obstruction in another?
What type of consonants have unhindered airflow through some parts of the oral cavity but an obstruction in another?
Which type of sonorant consonants are produced with an obstruction in the middle of the oral cavity allowing air to pass laterally?
Which type of sonorant consonants are produced with an obstruction in the middle of the oral cavity allowing air to pass laterally?
What gives fricatives their characteristic sound?
What gives fricatives their characteristic sound?
What group of sonorant consonants always leaves some part of the oral cavity for air to pass freely?
What group of sonorant consonants always leaves some part of the oral cavity for air to pass freely?
Where is the obstruction located for laterals, one of the main types of liquids?
Where is the obstruction located for laterals, one of the main types of liquids?
What is the defining characteristic of nasals?
What is the defining characteristic of nasals?
What happens to the soft palate during the pronunciation of nasals?
What happens to the soft palate during the pronunciation of nasals?
Which of the following is an example of a nasal sound?
Which of the following is an example of a nasal sound?
What is the distinguishing feature of lateral sonorants?
What is the distinguishing feature of lateral sonorants?
Which type of sonorants can be found in English containing [l] sound?
Which type of sonorants can be found in English containing [l] sound?
What does the soft palate do during the pronunciation of plosives and fricatives?
What does the soft palate do during the pronunciation of plosives and fricatives?
