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ENGLISH SOUND CHAPTER 1 BY Adaora Stellamaris Nweke Flashcards

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1
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The human……… contains all the sounds of all the languages in the world.

A

vocal tract

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The vocal tract is also called ……

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voice box or pharynx.

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There are a total of…..speech sounds in English language.

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44

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The English speech sounds in orthographic representation has ….. letters.

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A…….. is identified as the smallest speech sounds.

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phoneme

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The study of speech sounds is called phonetics while the study of sounds in company is called …….

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phonology.

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The English sound system is classified into …….. and ……. features.

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Segmental features and supra-segmental

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…….. and …… make up the segmental feature while stress, tone and rhythm make up the
supra-segmental features.

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Consonants and vowels

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Consonants are produced with an …….. of airflow in the vocal tract.

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interruption

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This interruption or
obstruction could be …… or …..

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partial or total.

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The English language has …….consonants.

A

24

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The obstruction of air flow has ……… for notification.

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3 parameters

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The 3 parameters of obstruction are ………, ……… and …….

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place of articulation,
manner of articulation
and state of glottis.

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The place of articulation is the point in the vocal tract where the sound is
……..

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produced

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The ………… are bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar and glottal.

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places of articulation

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13
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Under ………the different degrees of obstruction are classified into six groups which are; plosives, fricatives, affricates, nasals, laterals and approximants.

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manner of articulation

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……… or ……. depict complete blocking of airstream from the oral cavity.

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Plosives or stop

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…… allow the airflow to be severely obstructed, thereby
causing a friction.

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Fricatives

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16
Q

Nasals are an obstruction at the……..

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lips

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17
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Laterals are also called …..

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liquids

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………. is concerned with the degree of obstruction experienced during articulation of a sound.

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Manner of articulation

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……. is used to show if vocal cords vibrate or not.

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State of the glottis

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………. vibrate the sound is said to be voiced,

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vocal cords

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if the vocal cord don’t vibrate the sound is said to be …….

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voiceless.

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20
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When the walls of the larynx are drawn apart from
each other, a…… is produced.

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voiceless sound

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When the wall of the glottis is touching each other, a ……… is produced

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voiced sound

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/f/: voiceless labio-dental fricative……

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plosive

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/b/: voiced bilabial …….

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plosive

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/p/: voiceless bilabial……..

A

Plosive

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/d/ : …….. alveolar plosive

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voiceless

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/k/: ……… plosive

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voiced

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/g/: …….. plosive

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voiceless velar

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/v/: voiced labio-dental fricative

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voiced

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/θ/: …… dental fricative

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voiceless

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/ð/:……. dental fricative

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voiced

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/s/: …….fricative

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voiceless alveolar

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/z/:……. alveolar fricative

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voiced

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.

Th part of the tongue include …… and ………

A

height of the tongue and shape of the pharynx.

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The description of Vowels consists of the …….. involved in the production of vowel sounds

A

part of the tongue

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……… are classified
into three namely; pure vowels (monothongs), dipthongs and triphthongs.

A

Vowels

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Vowels are……….
and are basically produced without obstruction of air flow.

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sonorants

31
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All Vowels are……..

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voiced.

32
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/dʒ/: voiced palate alveolar affricate

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33
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ʃ/: …….. palate alveolar fricative

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voiceless

34
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/ʒ/:….. palate alveolar fricative

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voiced

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/tʃ/: …….. palate alveolar affricate

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voiceless

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/ŋ/: voiced velar nasal ( there are three nasal sounds in English language;…………..

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/m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ .

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/h/: ………. fricative

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voiceless glottal

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/j/: ……… approximant

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voiced palatal

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/w/: voiced bilabial ………

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approximant

39
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/r/: voiced palate……….

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alveolar approximant

39
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/m/: voiced bilabial……..

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nasal

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/l/: voiced /l/: voiced………. ( this is the only lateral sound in English)

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alveolar lateral

40
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/n/:….alveolar nasal

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voiced

41
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The………. of the tongue play an essential role in vowel formation.

A

three demarcations

42
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……….. are /i/, /e/, /ə/, /æ/, /ɔ/, /u/ and /ʌ/ /i:/, /a:/, /ɔ:/, /u:/, and/ʒ:/ .

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Pure vowels;

43
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A diphthong represents…..vowels

A

two

43
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There are …….. diphthongs and they are: /əu/, /ai/, /au/, /ɔi/, /iə/, /eə/, and /uə/

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8

43
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…….. is a double sound.

A

diphthong

44
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……. or ……. features are length, pitch, stress, and intonation.

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suprasegmental or prosodic

45
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………. is a union of three vowels sounds produced in a syllable. /aiə/ and /auə/ are examples of
triphthongs.

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A triphthong

46
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……. is whether a vowel or consonant is long or short.

A

Length

47
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The ……….of stress are secondary or weak stress and unstressed.

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classification

47
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Stress is the ……….assigned to a word or a syllable.

A

prominence

48
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When it is a verb, the stress is on the ……… Syllable.

A

second

48
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The word that is pronounced with greater force
than other words in a sentence is said to be………

A

stressed.

49
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When it is a noun, the stress is on the …… syllable.

A

first

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