Phonetics Module 1

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

the study of perception and production of speech sounds, their properties, and how they are produced

Question 2

Phonology

Answer 2

how sounds are organized and combined into meaningful units

Question 3

International Phonetics Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 3

represents the sounds of words, not their spellings

Question 4

graphemes

Answer 4

letters

Question 5

Allographs

Answer 5

different letter sequences or patterns that represent the same sound. Ex: Loop, through, threw, fruit, canoe

Question 6

Morphemes

Answer 6

the smallest unit of language capable of conveying meaning.

Question 7

Free morphemes

Answer 7

stand alone and carry meaning- cat, dog, shoe, book

Question 8

Bound Morphemes

Answer 8

Carry no meaning when they stand alone. pre, post, re, s

Question 9

Phonemes

Answer 9

speech sounds capable of differentiating meaning. cat/bat, lip/lid

Question 10

Pulmonic consonants

Answer 10

produced with an airstream from the lungs. all english consonants are pulmonic

Question 11

Vowels

Answer 11

phonemes that are produced with no constriction in the vocal tract

Question 12

Diacritics

Answer 12

symbols that are used in conjunction with consonant and vowel symbols to represent a specific way of producing a consonant or vowel.
ex: unreleased stop: p, b, t

Question 13

Suprasegmentals

Answer 13

used to indicate stress, intonation and tempo of utterances

Question 14

Allophones

Answer 14

variant pronunciations of a particular phoneme. Consider the word little. It is produced with variant productions of the phoneme /l/. The first /l/ is produced with a light /l/ more forward in the mouth, and the latter /l/ is produced with a dark /l/ further back in the mouth.