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Syllable Formation and Muscular Involvement Quiz
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According to Otto Jespersen's relative sonority theory, which speech sounds are the least sonorous?

  • Open vowels
  • Noise consonants (correct)
  • Vowels
  • Sonants

    • What is the main basis of Otto Jespersen's relative sonority theory?

  • Electromyographic experiments
  • The number of muscles involved in speech production
  • Auditory judgments on the prominence of speech sounds (correct)
  • The duration of speech sounds

    • Who created the relative sonority theory or the prominence theory?

  • P. Ladefoged
  • D. Whitteridge
  • Otto Jespersen (correct)
  • M. Draper

    • What is the relative sonority of sonants according to Otto Jespersen's theory?

    <p>Less sonorous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the electromyographic experiments conducted in Edinburgh reveal about syllable formation?

    <p>It involves the work of a greater number of muscles than described by Stetson</p> Signup and view all the answers

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