Eng Lang - Phonetics

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What two symbols are used to denote a phoneme?

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What two symbols are used to denote an allophone?

allophones

What is denoted by the use of square brackets?

voiceless

What type of sounds are produced when the vocal folds / glottis are open and air can flow freely?

voiced

What type of sounds are produced when the vocal folds / glottis knock together and vibrated?

articulators

What term is used to describe any of the vocal organs above the larynx, including the tongue, lips, teeth, and hard palate?

place of articulation

Where sounds are produced in different places in the mouth, with different articulators is known as…?

manner of articulation

When sounds are produced in the same place, but how they are articulated, how the airflow is impeded, it is known as…?

stricture

What "s" is the term for how much obstruction there is in the vocal tract?

complete stricture

What term defines a full blockage in the vocal tract?

close approximation

What term defines a partial stricture in the vocal tract?

open approximation

What term defines little stricture in the vocal tract?

plosives / stops

What complete stricture is defined as when air is trapped in the mouth during production is abruptly and forcefully released?

affricates

What complete stricture is similar to plosives, but instead of the air being released quickly, a slower period of friction is produced?

nasal

What complete stricture is when the velum is lowered to direct airflow into the nose?

fricatives

What consonant sound is made by forcing air through a narrow space, producing friction as it does so?

open approximation

What consonant sounds is made when articulators come together but no friction is produced at the space between is too wide?

bilabial

What place of articulation term defines how sounds are formed by closure or near closure of the lips?

labiodental

What place of articulation term defines how sounds are made with the lips and teeth?

interdental

What place of articulation term defines sounds articulated with the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower front teeth?

alveolar

What place of articulation term defines sounds made with the tongue in contact with the ridge located just behind the teeth?

post-alveolar

What place of articulation term defines sounds articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the mouth ridge?

palatal

What consonant sound is produced by raising the blade, or front, of the tongue toward or against the hard roof of the mouth?

velar

What consonantal sound is made with the back of the tongue in contact with the soft palate?

diphthongs

What are sometimes described as glide vowels, as the sound glides from one vowel to another?

consonant cluster

What term defines a consonant sequence or group of consonants which have no intervening vowels?

allophones

Within a phoneme category, speech sounds vary. What is the term for the variations in that category?

schwa

In English, what is the most common vowel sound?

intervocalic consonant

What is the term for a consonant that occurs between two vowels?

diacritics

What is the name for symbols added to a letter that alters its sense, function, or pronunciation?

voiceless bilabial plosive

Name the phoneme /p/ - peace, shop, happy

voiceless alveolar plosive

Name the phoneme /t/ tea, lot, better

voiceless velar plosive

Name the phoneme /k/ - case, back, school

voiced bilabial plosive

Name the phoneme /b/ - bad, sob, baby

voiced alveolar plosive

Name the phoneme /d/ - door, bad, ladder

voiced velar plosive

Name the phoneme /g/ - goat, log, tiger

voiceless post-alveolar affricate

Name the phoneme /tʃ/ - church, watch, chat

voiced post-alveolar affricate

Name the phoneme /dʒ/ - judge, join, wedge

voiced alveolar nasal

Name the phoneme /n/ - neat, pen, pond

voiced bilabial nasal

Name the phoneme /m/ - mat, hem, drummer

voiced velar nasal

Name the phoneme /ŋ/ - thing, think, singer

voiceless labiodental fricative

Name the phoneme /f/ - free, laugh, photograph

voiced labiodental fricative

Name the phoneme /v/ - vet, leave, heavy

voiceless dental fricative

Name the phoneme /θ/ - three, healthy, month

voiced dental fricative

Name the phoneme /ð/ - this, that, brother

voiceless alveolar fricative

Name the phoneme /s/ - see, last, rice

voiced alveolar fricative

Name the phoneme /z/ - zoo, rise, fizz

voiceless post-alveolar fricative

Name the phoneme /ʃ/ - sheep, wash, machine

voiced post-alveolar fricative

Name the phoneme /ʒ/ - leisure, measure, vision

voiceless glottal fricative

Name the phoneme /h/ - house, happy, ahead

voiced alveolar lateral approximant

Name the phoneme /l/ - leave, like, letter

voiced palatal approximant

Name the phoneme /j/ - yes, yellow, yacht

voiced alveolar approximant

Name the phoneme /ɹ/ - red, trap, very

voiced labial-velar approximant

Name the phoneme /w/ - well, word, newer

glottal stop

Name the phoneme /ʔ/ - uh-oh, department, football, butter, cat

approximants

What consonant produced by bringing one articulator (the tongue or lips) close to another without actually touching it?

diphthongs

/eɪ/ face / aʊ / mouth

syllabic consonant

What type of consonant, also known as a vocalic consonant, is what that forms a syllable on its own?