Allophonic Variation Of Voice

Question 1

Place of articulation can change slightly depending on

Answer 1

Context

Question 2

T poa? Alveolar? Dental? Palatal?

Answer 2

What about eighth, track, learnt are they all the same?

Question 3

What is retraction?

Answer 3

Sound produced further back than label suggests

Question 4

Retracted poa?

Answer 4

N in pinch
D in draw
L in Welsh
^ following consonant

K in queen
G in ghoul
K in caught
^following vowel/approximant

Question 5

What is advancement?

Answer 5

Sound produced further forward than label suggests

Question 6

What is advancement diacritic?

Answer 6

Small plus sign under letter

Question 7

What is retraction diacritic?

Answer 7

Small dash under letter

Question 8

K in cake
K in key
G in geese
K in cute

Answer 8

Produced further forward-front vowel/approx

Question 9

What is a labiodental production?

Answer 9

Bilabial sounds (p,b,m) + labiodental sound (f,v)

Triumph, bumph, obvious

Question 10

What is secondary articulation?

Answer 10

Addition of another articulator

During articulation what happens to the rest of the tongue? What are the lips doing?

Question 11

Primary/secondary articulation:

Answer 11

2 simultaneous strictures but one is of a lower degree than the other

Question 12

Primary stricture

Answer 12

Tongue raised to alveolar ridge for s

Question 13

Secondary stricture

Answer 13

Lips rounded

Question 14

Secondary articulation is not as

Answer 14

Important as the primary

Question 15

Primary/secondary articulation: frequently in languages we have segments with 2 simultaneous strictures where

Answer 15

One is of a lower degree than the other (sue has labialization of s but see does not)

Question 16

What are the four secondary variations of place?

Answer 16

Labialisation
Palatalisation
Velarisation
Glottal reinforcement

Question 17

What is labialization?

Answer 17

Addition of lip rounding

Question 18

All consonant can be labialized even

Answer 18

Bilabial try pa with labialization

Question 19

In English labialization happens due to

Answer 19

Context, in other languages can be used to distinguish between consonants

Question 20

What is the diacritic for labialization?

Answer 20

Small w above letter

Question 21

In English (due to context) labialization occurs when

Answer 21

Consonant appears before rounded vowel or w

Question 22

In other languages labialization is used

Answer 22

Contrastively

Question 23

What is palatalisation?

Answer 23

Addition of tongue body articulation

Question 24

Palatalisation involves

Answer 24

Raising tongue body (dorsum) towards hard palate (like in articulation of i )

Question 25

Palatalisation is said to

Answer 25

Give a clear quality to a sound

Question 26

In English palatalisation occurs due to

Answer 26

Context and accent

Question 27

In other languages palatalisation can be used

Answer 27

To distinguish between to consonants

Question 28

Diacritic for palatalisation is

Answer 28

Small j
Noon no palatalisation
News palatalisation of n

Question 29

What is velarisation?

Answer 29

Addition of back of tongue articulation

Question 30

What does velarisation involve?

Answer 30

Raising of back of tongue ( like adding articulation of u)

Question 31

In English velarisation occurs

Answer 31

Due to context

Question 32

In other languages velarisation can be used to

Answer 32

Distinguish between two consonants

Question 33

Velarisation in English

Answer 33

Dark l in most accents

Fell l is velarised

Question 34

Clear and dark l

Answer 34

Say look and tell the l sound is different or is it

Question 35

What is glottal reinforcement?

Answer 35

Production of glottal plosive slightly before voiceless plosive /p t k/