10 Questions
Which of the following sounds is produced by letting the airstream flow around the sides of the tongue as the tip of the tongue makes contact with the middle of the alveolar ridge?
[r]
Which International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) sound is voiced and produced by raising and curling back the tongue tip near the alveolar ridge?
[l]
Which of the following sounds is a voiced bilabial fricative according to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)?
[m]
Which sounds are produced with the lower lip and upper teeth making contact?
[f]
Which sound is produced with the front part of the tongue on the alveolar ridge?
[s]
Which manner of articulation involves almost blocking the air stream and having the air push through a very narrow opening?
Fricatives
What is the study of the physical aspects of sounds called?
Phonetics
Which subfield of phonetics focuses on the perception of speech sounds?
Auditory phonetics
What is the technical term for a speech sound?
Phoneme
Which field of phonetics involves studying the physical properties of speech sounds as sound waves?
Acoustic phonetics
Learn about the characteristics of phonetic sounds such as liquids and glides, and how they are pronounced using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Explore the specific articulatory features of vowels and consonants in phonetics.
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