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What describes affricates in terms of their production?
What describes affricates in terms of their production?
Which of the following contains a voiced fricative?
Which of the following contains a voiced fricative?
How is the final '-ed' pronounced in the word 'worked'?
How is the final '-ed' pronounced in the word 'worked'?
Which sound is produced with the airflow completely occluded before release?
Which sound is produced with the airflow completely occluded before release?
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What is the correct classification for the sound /ʃ/?
What is the correct classification for the sound /ʃ/?
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Which of the following configurations describes labio-dental fricatives?
Which of the following configurations describes labio-dental fricatives?
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The word 'cement' is pronounced with which type of accent at the end?
The word 'cement' is pronounced with which type of accent at the end?
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Which of the following pairs are examples of voiced plosives?
Which of the following pairs are examples of voiced plosives?
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Which of the following statements correctly describes affricates?
Which of the following statements correctly describes affricates?
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What happens during dentalization?
What happens during dentalization?
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Which of the following types of sounds does NOT produce significant air friction?
Which of the following types of sounds does NOT produce significant air friction?
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What describes the phenomenon of intrusive /r/?
What describes the phenomenon of intrusive /r/?
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Which of the following describes devoicing?
Which of the following describes devoicing?
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What is the manner of articulation for affricates?
What is the manner of articulation for affricates?
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Which of the following best describes the place of articulation for nasal sounds?
Which of the following best describes the place of articulation for nasal sounds?
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Which term is used for the variation of the /l/ sound when followed by a consonant?
Which term is used for the variation of the /l/ sound when followed by a consonant?
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Which sounds are classified as fricatives?
Which sounds are classified as fricatives?
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How is the 'ex' pronounced when followed by a consonant?
How is the 'ex' pronounced when followed by a consonant?
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Which of the following consonants is an example of a plosive sound?
Which of the following consonants is an example of a plosive sound?
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What occurs during elision of plosives?
What occurs during elision of plosives?
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Which group of sounds includes examples of affricates?
Which group of sounds includes examples of affricates?
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Which sounds are considered approximants?
Which sounds are considered approximants?
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What is a characteristic of aspiration in sounds?
What is a characteristic of aspiration in sounds?
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When does elision of initial /h/ occur?
When does elision of initial /h/ occur?
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Study Notes
Phonetics and Phonology
- Phonetics is the study of the physical characteristics of speech sounds.
- Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in a language.
- Phonetics focuses on the production, transmission, and perception of speech sounds.
- Phonology analyzes how these sounds function within a particular language.
Consonant Sounds
- Plosives: Sounds produced by a complete closure of the vocal tract.
- Fricatives: Sounds produced by a narrow constriction of the vocal tract, causing friction.
- Affricates: Sounds that start as plosives, then transition to fricatives.
- Nasals: Sounds produced with the air flowing through the nasal cavity.
- Approximants: Sounds produced with a narrow constriction, but not enough to create audible friction.
- Liquids: A type of approximant where the air flows along the sides of the tongue.
- Glides: Approximants where the articulators move to a vowel position.
Vowel Sounds
- Vowel quality refers to the distinctive characteristics of vowel sounds.
- Vowel quantity refers to the length of a vowel sound.
- Vowel position refers to the tongue position in the mouth (front, central, back).
- Vowels can be categorized based on the shape of the mouth and the position of the tongue.
Stress and Intonation
- Stress is the emphasis placed on a syllable in a word.
- Intonation refers to the patterns of pitch changes in speech.
- Stress patterns in a language can affect word meaning.
Other Concepts
- Elision: The omission of a sound, often when it appears at the end of one word and the beginning of the next.
- Coalescence: The combination of two sounds into one.
- Intrusive /r/: The insertion of an /r/ sound between two vowels.
- Assimilation: the modification of a sound to make it more similar to a neighboring sound.
- Devoicing: A voiced sound becoming an unvoiced/voiceless sound.
- Dark L (velarized I): When 'l' is followed by a consonant.
- Clear L (nonvelarized I): When 'l'is followed by a vowel.
- Assimilation: A process where a sound changes its form as a result of its contextual position.
- Dipthongs: A combination of two vowel qualities in one sound.
- Triphongs: A combination of three vowel qualities in one sound.
- Schwa sound: It's a vowel sound of neutral quality produced in unstressed syllables.
- Lexical words: The words with strong meaning.
- Grammatical words: The words with weak meaning, like prepositions, conjunction, articles, etc.
- Stress-timing and syllable-timing: languages with stress patterns and those with syllable patterns.
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This quiz covers the fundamental concepts of phonetics and phonology, including the definition and characteristics of different speech sounds. It also explores consonant and vowel sounds, categorizing them into types such as plosives, fricatives, and more. Test your knowledge of how these sounds function and are produced in language.
