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What is the term for the position of the tongue in the mouth when producing a vowel sound?
Which of the following is an example of a stop sound?
What is the term for the initial consonant(s) in a syllable?
Which of the following is an example of a diphthong vowel sound?
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What is the term for sounds made with the tongue and alveolar ridge?
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What is the term for the characteristics of vowel sounds?
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Which of the following is an example of an approximant sound?
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What is the term for sounds made by allowing airflow to flow freely?
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What is the term for the central vowel sound in a syllable?
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Which of the following is an example of a bilabial sound?
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Study Notes
Consonant Sounds
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Place of Articulation:
- Bilabial: sounds made with both lips (e.g., /p/, /b/, /m/)
- Labiodental: sounds made with lower lip and upper teeth (e.g., /f/, /v/)
- Alveolar: sounds made with tongue and alveolar ridge (e.g., /t/, /d/, /n/)
- Palatal: sounds made with tongue and hard palate (e.g., /j/, /ʃ/)
- Velar: sounds made with tongue and soft palate (e.g., /k/, /g/)
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Manner of Articulation:
- Stop: sounds made by blocking airflow (e.g., /p/, /t/, /k/)
- Fricative: sounds made by directing airflow through a narrow channel (e.g., /f/, /s/, /z/)
- Nasal: sounds made by allowing airflow through the nose (e.g., /m/, /n/, /Å‹/)
- Liquid: sounds made by allowing airflow to flow freely (e.g., /l/, /r/)
- Approximant: sounds made by directing airflow close to the articulation point (e.g., /j/, /w/)
Vowel Sounds
- Monophthong Vowels: single, pure vowel sounds (e.g., /i/, /É›/, /É‘/)
- Diphthong Vowels: combinations of two vowel sounds pronounced in a single syllable (e.g., /aɪ/, /aʊ/, /oɪ/)
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Vowel Quality: characteristics of vowel sounds, including:
- Front/Back: position of the tongue in the mouth (e.g., front: /i/, /e/; back: /u/, /o/)
- High/Low: height of the tongue in the mouth (e.g., high: /i/, /u/; low: /É‘/, /É”/)
- Rounded/Unrounded: shape of the lips (e.g., rounded: /u/, /o/; unrounded: /i/, /e/)
Other Phonetics Concepts
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Syllable Structure: organization of sounds into syllables, following patterns such as:
- Onset: initial consonant(s) in a syllable
- Nucleus: central vowel sound in a syllable
- Coda: final consonant(s) in a syllable
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Phonological Processes: changes that occur in speech sounds, such as:
- Assimilation: sounds becoming more similar to adjacent sounds
- Elision: sounds being omitted or reduced
- Coarticulation: sounds being influenced by adjacent sounds
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Description
This quiz covers the fundamentals of phonetics and phonology, including consonant and vowel sounds, place and manner of articulation, syllable structure, and phonological processes.
