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Phonetics: Clipping Process Quiz

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Rhythmic clipping

Post-fortis clipping

Pre-fortis clipping (correct)

Unstressed clipping

The process of shortening the articulation of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel (correct)

The process of lengthening the articulation of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel

The process of changing the stress pattern of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel

The process of merging two phonetic segments into one

They are not affected by pre-fortis clipping rule (correct)

They are reduced to schwa sound

They are always clipped regardless of stress

They are lengthened compared to vowels preceding voiced consonants

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In English, a type of clipping occurs in a stressed syllable before a fortis consonant.
Clipping in phonetics refers to the reduction of a vowel sound.
When a vowel precedes a voiceless consonant that begins a next syllable in English, it gets shortened or reduced.
Rhythmic clipping occurs in words with an unstressed prefix and a stressed root.
Clipping with vowel reduction also occurs in syllables with a diphthong or a triphthong.