Phonetic Classification of Sonorants and Laterals Quiz

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What is the most important type of oral stop?

Ejective

Implosive

Plosive (correct)

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Which type of consonant involves a very narrow opening between the active and passive articulators?

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Implosive

Fricative (correct)

Ejective

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?

Nasal Signup and view all the answers

What type of stop is characterized by being a sonorant and not an obstruent?

Nasal Signup and view all the answers

Which type of stop consonant involves a release stage where contact between articulators is broken off?

Ejective Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sonorant consonants are formed by a complete closure in the oral cavity?

Nasals Signup and view all the answers

What type of consonants have unhindered airflow through some parts of the oral cavity but an obstruction in another?

Liquids Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sonorant consonants are produced with an obstruction in the middle of the oral cavity allowing air to pass laterally?

Laterals Signup and view all the answers

What gives fricatives their characteristic sound?

Considerable turbulence or friction Signup and view all the answers

What group of sonorant consonants always leaves some part of the oral cavity for air to pass freely?

Rhotics Signup and view all the answers

Where is the obstruction located for laterals, one of the main types of liquids?

Middle of the oral cavity Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of nasals?

Air escapes through the nose Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the soft palate during the pronunciation of nasals?

It is lowered to allow air to escape through the nose Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a nasal sound?

[m] Signup and view all the answers

What is the distinguishing feature of lateral sonorants?

Obstruction allows air to flow relatively freely along the sides Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sonorants can be found in English containing [l] sound?

Alveolar lateral sonorant Signup and view all the answers

What does the soft palate do during the pronunciation of plosives and fricatives?

It is raised to prevent air from escaping through the nose Signup and view all the answers