SLP 5026 Phonetics Midterm

english speakers produce speech on the expiratory phase of the respiratory cycle

True

Phonetics can be defined as

The study of the production and perception of sounds made in human speech

Which of the following is neither labial nor dental

/l/

Which set contains no front vowels

Pearl, potion, prom

The three major systems supporting speech production are

Respiratory, phonatory, supralaryngeal

For English diphthong vowels

Tongue position changes during the articulation of the vowel

Which phoneme has a voiceless cognate

/ʒ/

During inhalation

The pressure inside the lung decreases

Which phoneme does not have a palatial place of articulation

/ŋ/

A rhotic diphthong can be found in the transcription of

Tortoise

The best transcription for "chipmunk" is

[‘tʃɪpməŋk]

You are transcribing an audio recording of the child of a Korean couple who just started their graduate program. Their child is 3 years old and has never been exposed to any language other than Korean. The parents report that the child is very difficult to understand. What type of transcription would you use to assess the child's speech production?

Impressionistic

The word "celebration" has stress on the second syllable

False

Which is the correct description for the vowel given?

/ɝ/ mid-central

Which of the following vowels also has a diphthong allophone?

/o/

[fil] [fʊl] [faʊl] [foʊl] [ful] [feɪl] [fɪl] [fɝl] represents which set of words

Feel full fowl foal fool fail fill furl

In production of nasal consonants

There is an obstruction of airflow in the oral cavity

The phoneme /ɚ/ would be used when transcribing:

Letter

Which of the following has a closed first syllable and an open second syllable

Tundra

All of the following could be minimal pairs of the word "week" except

Speak

An example of a phoneme that is neither a fricative nor an approximant:

/dʒ/

Which of the following word(s) contains silent letters

Psychology comb washed pneumonia

The vowel that is "low-mid, front, lax, unfounded" is

/ɛ/

Which word does not contain an approximate in its transcription

Measure

Which vowel is considered to be rounded

/ɔ/

Males typically have a lower habitual pitch than that found in females because:

The mass of the male vocal folds is greater

In which set do all words contain an affricate

Zoology, chives, judge, hatchet

Which of the following phoneme pairs is not homorganic

/k, ʒ/

Vowels are usually produced with the velum raised.

True

Which of the following is transcribed incorrectly

heated /hidəd/

The correct transcription of jello is ['dʒɛlo]

False

The best transcription for "pear" is

[pɛr]

Which of the following sets of words contain no back vowels

Lip, ladle, bang