FINAL EXAM

Question 1

what vowel sound is on this spectrogram

Answer 1

[i]

Question 2

what vowel sound is on this spectrogram

Answer 2

ɪ

Question 3

what vowel?

Answer 3

ɛ

Question 4

what vowel?

Answer 4

æ

Question 5

what vowel?

Answer 5

ɑ

Question 6

what vowel?

Answer 6

ɔ

Question 7

what vowel?

Answer 7

ʊ

Question 8

what vowel?

Answer 8

u

Question 9

how to tell the difference b/w /t/ and /p/ after an /s/ on a spectrogram?

also state which is which on the spectrogram

Answer 9

/t/ is longer b/w the burst and the offset; /p/ goes into the vowel faster after the burst;

1 = /t/

2 = /p/

Question 10

spectrogram:

difference b/w /l/ and /r/

also state which is which

Answer 10

/r/ F2 has steeper peak into vowel; F3 of /l/ drops into vowel, which F3 of /r/ rises into vowel

1 = r

2 = l

Question 11

how does lip rounding affect formants on a spectrogram?

Answer 11

causes them to be lower; e.g. even though /ɑ/ is lower on the vowel space than /ɔ/, /ɔ/ will have a lower F1 and F2 usually b/c it also has lip rounding

Question 12

bow, buy, and boy:

which is which ?

Answer 12

1 = buy

2 = boy

3 = bow

Question 13

[ɑʊ] on spectrogram

Answer 13

decrease in F1 and F2 and F3

Question 14

[oʊ] on a spectrogram

Answer 14

slight decrease in F1 and F2

Question 15

[ɔɪ] on a spectrogram

Answer 15

F1 about the same; big increase in F2

Question 16

[ɑɪ] on a spectrogram

Answer 16

decrease in F1; increase in F2