Linguistics Reminder (LR) Flashcards
What are the distinctive features for consonants?
Place of Articulation
Manner of Articulation
Voice (Voiced/Voiceless)
(LR) What is the place of articulation for /d/
Alveolar
(LR) What is the manner of articulation for /v/?
Fricative
(LR) Name all voiceless consonants:
/p/. /t/. /k/. /f/. /θ/. /s/. /ʃ/. /ʧ/. /h/
(LR) Name all labiodental consonants and an example word for each consonant
/f/ (e.g. fun, face, firmament)
/v/ (e.g. vase, vain, vogue)
(LR) Name all dental consonants and an example word for each consonant
/θ/ (e.g. thin, think, thick → sharp th)
/ð/ (e.g. then, there, this → soft th)
(LR) Name all glottal consonants and an example word for each consonant
/h/ (e.g. height, hello, help)
(LR) What is the place and manner of articulation for the phonem /h/? Is it voiced or voiceless?
Glottal, fricative, voiceless
(LR) What is the place and manner of articulation for the phonem /dʒ/? Is it voiced or voiceless?
Postalveolar, affricate and voiced
(LR) Name the consonants fitting these descriptions:
Plosive, velar, voiceless
Lateral, alveolar, voiced
/k/
/l/
(LR) Name all affricate consonants and an example word for each consonant
/tʃ/ (e.g. child, chair, cheese → sharp ch sound)
/dʒ/ (e.g. bridge, judge, touch → softer ch sound)
(LR) Name all lateral consonants plus example word
/l/ (e.g. light, lie, long)
(LR) Name all palatal consonants plus example word
/j/ (e.g. yes, yellow, yard, young)
(LR) What is the difference between manner of articulation and place of articulation?
Manner describes where the airstream is obstructed and place how the airstream is modified by three vocal tract
(LR) Which three distinctive features are necessary to describe and classify English monophthongs?
Openness of mouth, Position of the tongue, Length/Duration/Quantity
(LR) What are the two rules for the occurrence of the allophone: clear l
Before vowel, before /j/
(LR) What are the two rules for the occurrence of the allophone: dark l
Before consonant, at the end of a word
(LR) What are allophones?
Different realisations of one phonem.
(LR) What is meant by phonological conditioning in the context of allophones?
Predictability of allophones → rules
(LR) What is meant by complementary distribution in the context of allophones?
Where one is, the other can’t be.
(LR) Name the 5 long monophthongs and an example word
/iː/ seed
/ɜː/ bird
/uː/ food
/ɔː/ law
/ɒː/ father
(LR) Name the 7 short monophthongs and an example word
/ɪ/ sit
/e/ pet
/æ/ sat
/ʌ/ some
/ə/ brother
/ʊ/ foot
/ɒ/ dog
(LR) Name all approximant consonants together with their place of articulation
/w/ bilabial
/r/ postalveolar
/j/ palatal
(All of them are voiced)
(LR) Please identify the distinctive features of the consonant /r/
Voiced, postalveolar, approximant
(LR) Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
car
/ɑː/
(LR) Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
boy
/ɔɪ/
(LR) Which consonant is described by the following distinctive features: voiceless, labiodental, fricative
/f/
(LR) Which consonant is described by the following distinctive features: voiceless, bilabial, plosive
/p/
(LR) What is the correct allophone of [l] and rule for distribution: villian
Clear l, before vowel
(LR) Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
back
/æ/
(LR) Please identify the distinctive features of the following consonant: /θ/
Voiceless, dental, fricative
(LR) Please identify the distinctive features of the following consonant: /dʒ/
Voiced, postalveolar, affricate
(LR) Please identify the distinctive features of the following consonant: /f/
Voiceless, fricative, labiodental
(LR) In connected speech, sounds adapt to neighboring sounds in terms of their articulatory features. This happens for example in the word handbag. In this case, we refer to it as…
Assimilation
(LR) Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
time
The correct answer is: /aɪ/
(LR) Name all characteristics for vowels
they are articulated without any obstruction of the airstream in the vocal tract, they are harmonic vibrations; they do not contain a noise component, they can be the centre of a syllable
(LR) Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
run
The correct answer is: /ʌ/
(LR) Which consonants are described by the following distinctive features:
voiced
velar
nasal
/ŋ/ (like in king)
(LR) Which consonants are described by the following distinctive features:
voiceless
alveolar
fricative
/s/
(LR) Which consonants are described by the following distinctive features:
voiced
alveolar
lateral
/l/
(LR) Which consonants are described by the following distinctive features:
voiceless
postalveolar
fricative
/ʃ/
(LR) Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
foot
/ʊ/
(LR) Please identify the distinctive features of the following consonant: /tʃ/
Voicing:
voiceless
Place of articulation:
postalveolar
Manner of articulation:
affricate
(LR) Which of the following are closing diphthongs
A) /aɪ/
B) /əʊ/
C) /aʊ/
D) /eɪ/
E) /ʊə/
F) /ɔɪ/
G) /eə/
I) /ɪə/
A, B, C, D, F
(LR) Please identify the distinctive features of the following consonant: /k/
Voicing:
voiceless
Place of articulation:
velar
Manner of articulation:
plosive
