LING 2100 Quiz 1 - Consonant Descriptions

[p] - pat, spin (puh)

bilabial, oral stop, voiceless

[b] - bat, rib (buh)

bilabial, oral stop, voiced

[m] - man, sum (muh)

bilabial, nasal stop, voiced

[w] - we, quick (wuh)

bilabial/velar (labiovelar), glide, voiced

[f] - fan, leaf (ffff)

labiodental, fricative, voiceless

[v] - van, leave (vvvvuh)

labiodental, fricative, voiced

[θ] - think, thin, bath (breathy thhh)

interdental, fricative, voiceless

[ð] - this, mother (voiced thhh)

interdental, fricative, voiced

[t] top, stop (sharp t! tuh)

alveolar, oral stop, voiceless

[d] - dog, ride (duh)

alveolar, oral stop, voiced

[s] - sip, mess (ssss)

alveolar, fricative, voiceless

[z] zip, buzz (zzz)

alveolar, fricative, voiced

[n] - no, ten (nnnn)

alveolar, nasal stop, voiced

[ɾ] - butter, ladder (fast tongue flick)

alveolar, flap, voiced

[l] - lip, feel (llluh)

alveolar, lateral liquid, voiced

[ɺ] - red, carry (American r)

alveolar, central liquid, voiced

[tʃ] - church, chin (chh)

postalveolar, affricate, voiceless

[dʒ] - judge, jam (jhh)

postalveolar, affricate, voiced

[ʃ] - shoulder, ship, nation (shhhh)

postalveolar, fricative, voiceless

[ʒ] - measure, vision (zhhh)

postalveolar, fricative, voiced

[ j ] - yes, yawn (yuh)

palatal, glide, voiced

[k] - cat, sky (hard k)

velar, oral stop, voiceless

[g] - go, bag (guh)

velar, oral stop, voiced

[ŋ] - sing, long (nggg)

velar, nasal stop, voiced

[ʔ] uh-uh (throat catch)

glottal, oral stop, voiceless

[h] - hat, ahead (breathy haa)

glottal, fricative, voiceless

What are design features unique to humans?

Duality of patterning (change sequence of gestures and it will have different meanings), displacement (ability to refer to events distant in time and space), productivity (ability to create novel expressions)