Grammar - Phonology

Question 1

Consonants - Voicing

Answer 1

Voiced or Un-voiced sounds.

Question 2

Consonants - Place of Articulation

Answer 2

The ability to physically move the tongue, lips, teeth, and jaw to produce sequences of speech sounds, which make up words and sentences.

Question 3

Consonants - Manner of Articulation

Answer 3

The configuration and interaction of the articulators (speech organs such as the tongue, lips, and palate) when making a speech sound.

Question 4

Vowels - Height

Answer 4

The height of the tongue during the articulation of a vowel.

Question 5

Vowel - Roundedness

Answer 5

A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.

Question 6

Vowel - Backness

Answer 6

The position of the tongue during the articulation of a vowel relative to the back of the mouth.

Question 7

Assimilation

Answer 7

The process where sounds in separate words change when they are together in speech.

Question 8

Consonance

Answer 8

The harmony produced by recurring sounds in a sequence of words. For example, the ‘s’ and ‘t’ in ‘sweet, silent, thought.’

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

The formation and use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Question 10

Rhythm

Answer 10

The regular recurrence of stresses (or prominent units) in speech.

Question 11

Rhyme

Answer 11

Involved in the recurrent use of similar sounds or syllables at the end of the line. It is often used in poetry.