Consonants

Question 1

What class share the propreties of both vowels and consonants?

Answer 1

Glides

Question 2

What is more sonorous, louder and longer?

Answer 2

Vowels.

Question 3

What are consonants

Answer 3

Obstructions in oral cavity

Question 4

Define active and passive articulator

Answer 4

Active: Part of oral tract that moves to make the obstruction.
Passive: Part the oral tract is moved to.

Question 5

What are the 3 dimensions of consonants

Answer 5

Voicing
Place of articulation
Manner of articulation

Question 6

What are the places of articulation of bilabial?

Answer 6

Passive: top lip
Active: bottom lip

Question 7

What are the bilabial consonants

Answer 7

p,b,m

Question 8

What are the place of articulation of labiodental consonants?

Answer 8

Passive: teeth
Active: lower lip

Question 9

What are labiodental consonants

Answer 9

f,v

Question 10

What are the place of articulation of interdental consonants?

Answer 10

Passive: teeth
Active: Tongue tip

Question 11

What are interdental consonants

Answer 11

θ (TH) AND ð (T)

Question 12

What are the places of articulation of alveolar

Answer 12

Passive: Alveolar ridge (just behind upper teeth)
Active: Tongue tip

Question 13

What are the alveolar consonants

Answer 13

d,l,n,t,s,r,z (7)

Question 14

What are the places of articulation of Alveopalatal consonants

Answer 14

Passive: Alveopalatal
Active: Tongue body

Question 15

What are the alveopalatal consonants

Answer 15

ʃ (shell), ʒ (illusion), t͡ʃ (chit), d͡ʒ (jumping)

Question 16

What are the places of articulation of palatal consonants

Answer 16

Passive: Hard Palate
Active: Tongue body

Question 17

What are the palatal consonants

Answer 17

j (yin yang)

Question 18

What are the places of articulation of Velar

Answer 18

Passive: Velum/ soft palate
Active: tongue back

Question 19

What are the velar consonants

Answer 19

k, g, ŋ, w

Question 20

Whats specific about uvular

Answer 20

No english uvular consonants.

Question 21

What are the articulators of glottal

Answer 21

Vocal folds

Question 22

What are the glottal sounds?

Answer 22

h (high)
? (uh-oh) - can also be hear as t

Question 23

What are the manner of articulation (6)

Answer 23

Stops, fricative, affricate, nasal, liquids, glides

Question 24

What are oral stops. What are the oral stops, voiced and voiceless

Answer 24

Complete closure of oral cavity. Voiceless: p,t,k, ?
Voiced: b,d,g

Question 25

What are fricatives? What are the fricatives, voiced and voiceless.

Answer 25

Continuous airflow through the mouth. Narrow opening, turbulent airflow (static).
Voiceless: f, θ, s, ʃ, h
Voiced: v, ð, z, ʒ

Question 26

What are affricate. What are the affricates, voiced and voiceless.

Answer 26

Stop + fricative.
Voiceless: t͡ʃ
Voiced: d͡ʒ

Question 27

What are Nasals. What are the nasals.

Answer 27

When the velum is lowered, air goes into nasal cavity
Voiced: m,n, ŋ

Question 28

Are nasal stops?

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

What are Liquids? what are the liquids.

Answer 29

-Lateral, tongue touches roof of mouth, but non-turbulent airflow along sides (l)

-retroflex, rhotics (r)

Question 30

What are glides, what are the glides

Answer 30

short vowels, continuous non turbulent airflow.
Voiced: j,w

Question 31

Bilabial and labiodental are what major class?

Answer 31

Labial

Question 32

Interdental, alveolar, alveopalatal, palatal are what major class?

Answer 32

Coronal

Question 33

Velar and glottal are what major class?

Answer 33

Dorsal

Question 34

Stops, fricative, affricate are what major class?

Answer 34

Obstruent

Question 35

Liquids, glides and nasals are what major class?

Answer 35

Sonorants