chapter 6 online quiz Flashcards
english is considered to be a ______ -timed language
stress
during production of a vowel, if the tongue body is moved toward the center of the mouth (but not so far as to be a different vowel), the vowel is said to have been
centralized
stress used to distinguish among noun/verb word pairs is sometimes called
lexical stress
which of the following is achieved by pauses
marks syntactic boundaries
indicates hesitations for utterance planning or word retrieval
increases listener’s sense of anticipation
when speakers use a faster than normal rate of speech, what usually happens to the articulators
they tend to undershoot the target
when the closure portion of a stop is not complete, the resulting production may be perceived as being
frictionalized
which of the following consonants would NOT likely serve a syllabic function in english?
/g/
the english utterance /ju wcnt It tudeI ^/
a question
a sound that has greater sonority can also be said to be ________ than sounds with lesser sonority
relatively louder
which of the following sounds could NEVER constitute he coda of a syllable
/l/
nasalization of the vowel is more likely in which of the following words
/kaen/
which of the following words contains a voiced, unreleased, velar stop
/r^g’/
the place of articulation for the /k/ in keep would be exactly the same as the place of articulation for the /k/ in coop
false
narrow phonetic transcription does NOT involve the use of diacritic marks
false
the transcription /***/ contains 3 unintelligible syllables
true
listeners use pitch declination to help identify boundaries between syntactic units
true
there is a universal agreement about how to transcribe prosodic features of speech
false
coarticulation is one way to account for differences in production by individual speakers across different contexts
true
when a speech sound loses its /r/ coloring, it is said to have been rhotacized
false
tone is a phonemic feature of english
false
checked juncture diacritics indicate the speaker wants to continue speaking
true
a velarized /l/ is a normal production for many speakers when the /l/ occurs in word-final position
true
words CANNOT have more than one primary stressed syllable
false
new information is often given additional stress in an utterance
true
