Phonetics

Question 1

Which of the following symbol is appropriate for the letters between parentheses:
Br(ea)the
a. [e]
b. [ə]
c. [I]
d. [i]

Answer 1

d. [i] (high front tense vowel)

Question 2

In which categories does the sound [p] fit in?

a) Voiced fricative palatal
b) Voiceless alveolar stop
c) Voiceless bilabial stop
d) Voiceless interdental fricative

Answer 2

c) Voiceless bilabial stop

Example: pie, party

Question 3

True or False : [f] is an alveolar consonant.

Answer 3

False. p. 221

Question 4

True or false. Labiodental sounds are produced by the teeth and the lips.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or false. English has nasal vowels.

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

True or false: IPA means Immigrant Phonetic Alphabet.

Answer 6

FALSE: IPA means International Phonetic Alphabet

Question 7

What are the three diphthongs?

Answer 7

[aj] (bite)
[aw] (cow)
[ɔj] (boy)

Question 8

Do the IPA transcription for this following word:

“Geography”

Answer 8

[dʒɪɑɡɹəfi]

[dʒiɑɡɹəfi]

Question 9

Which of the following is a voiced alveolar fricative

a. [ð]
b. [s]
c. [t]
d. [z]

Answer 9

d. [z]

Question 10

What is the IPA symbol for the North American [š]?

Answer 10

[ʃ]

Question 11

What is main goal of a diacritic mark?

Answer 11

A diacritic mark’s main goal is to represent distinctive tones in the phonetics transcriptions.

Question 12

What is the articulatory description of [t]?

a. voiceless labiodental fricative
b. voiceless alveolar fricative
c. voiced velar stop
d. voiceless alveolar stop

Answer 12

d. voiceless alveolar stop

Question 13

What is the phonetic description of [i] ?

a) High tense back
b) Low central
c) High tense front
d) Mid lax central

Answer 13

c) High tense front

Question 14

What determines if a speech sound is voiced or voiceless sounds?

Answer 14

If you can feel your vocal cords vibrating, it is a voiced sound