Phonetics/phonology🍍

Question 1

Accent

Answer 1

The sound of our voice

Question 2

Intonation

Answer 2

Rise and fall of our voices

Question 3

Prosodic features

Answer 3

Includes features such as stress, volume, rhythm, pitch, tempo and intonation

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repeated vowel sounds in a word

E.g. Kwik Fit

Question 5

Phoneme

Answer 5

Individual unit of sound

Question 6

Fricative

Answer 6

Uses airflow

/f/ /v/ /th/

Question 7

Plosive

Answer 7

Denoting a consonant produced by stopping airflow with teeth

Question 8

Glottal stop

Answer 8

Omission of the t sound

Question 9

Schwa

Answer 9

Unstressed central vowel

E.g. the a sound in Emma

Question 10

Received Pronunciation

Answer 10

Educated accent, typically British

Question 11

G-dropping

Answer 11

Missing the /g/ phoneme off the ends of utterances

Question 12

Elision

Answer 12

Slurring words together

Question 13

Dental fricative

Answer 13

Th sound

/θ/ (voiceless) /ð̼/ (voiced)

Question 14

Labiodental fricative

Answer 14

/f/ (voiceless) and /v/ (voiced)

Question 15

Rhotacism

Answer 15

Emphasis of the /r/ phoneme

Question 16

Consonant clusters

Answer 16

Where two or more consonant phonemes father together without a vowel

Question 17

Italics

Answer 17

Using emphasis in language use on particular words

Creates varied prosody

Question 18

Bilabial plosives

Answer 18

/b/ (voiced) and /p/ (voiceless)

Question 19

Alveolar plosive

Answer 19

/t/ (voiceless) /d/ (voiced)

Question 20

Alveolar fricative

Answer 20

/s/

Question 21

Substitution

Answer 21

• Replacing a difficult phoneme for an easier one

* BE CAREFUL - could be an accent feature!

Question 22

Assimilation

Answer 22

• Where a neighbouring sound is impacted by another
• A from of substitution as one sound will be substituted for another
• E.g. saying ‘lellow’ for ‘yellow’

Question 23

Weak syllable deletion (deletion)

Answer 23

• Deletion of unstressed syllables

* E.g. pyjamas -> jamas

Question 24

Initial consonant deletion (deletion)

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• Deletion of the first consonant

* E.g. green -> reen

Question 25

Final consonant deletion (deletion)

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* Deletion of the end consonant * E.g. about -> abou * Could be a spontaneity/spoken mode/accent feature

Question 26

Digraph

Answer 26

Two letters written together to represent a single sound | E.g. ch, ck, gh, ai, au, ea

Question 27

Diphthong

Answer 27

A vowel sound that is composed of a sequence of two vowels | -E.g. high, late

Question 28

What is the place of articulation?

Answer 28

These are the places where constrictions/obstructions of air occur. I.e. WHERE

Question 29

What is the manner of articulation?

Answer 29

The arrangement and interaction of the speech organs when making a speech sound. I.e. HOW

Question 30

Disyllabic

Answer 30

A word consisting of 2 syllables

Question 31

Labiodentals (place)

Answer 31

Occur when you block/constrict airflow by curling your lower lip back and raising it to touch your upper row of teeth /f/ /v/

Question 32

Dentals (place)

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Occur when you block/constrict airflow by placing your tongue against your upper teeth /θ/ /ð̼/

Question 33

Bilabials (place)

Answer 33

Occur when you block/constrict airflow by bringing your lips together /p/ /b/ /m/

Question 34

Alveolars (place)

Answer 34

Occur when you raise your tongue to the alveolar ridge | /n/ /t/ /d/ /s/ /z/ /l/ /r/

Question 35

What’s an alveolar ridge?

Answer 35

Where your teeth meet your gums

Question 36

Post-alveolars (place)

Answer 36

Occur when the tongue blocks/constricts airflow at the point just beyond the alveolar ridge /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/

Question 37

Palatals (place)

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Occur when you raise the tongue to the hard plate to block/constrict airflow /j/

Question 38

What’s a hard plate?

Answer 38

The roof of your mouth

Question 39

Velars (place)

Answer 39

Occur when you raise the back of your tongue to the velum, blocking/restricting airflow /ŋ/ /k/ /g/

Question 40

Labial velars (place)

Answer 40

Produced in same way as velars | /w/

Question 41

Glottals (place)

Answer 41

Aren’t really consonants but play consonant roles in the language. Produced at the glottis /h/ /?/ (the /t/ phoneme is often dropped)

Question 42

Nasals (manner)

Answer 42

Created when you completely block airflow through your mouth and let the air pass through your nose

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Plosives (manner)

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Also called ‘stops’ Occur when vocal tract is closed completely; the air quickly builds up pressure behind the articulators and then releases in a burst

Question 44

Fricative (manner)

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Only involve a partial blockage, so air has to be forced through a narrow channel

Question 45

Affricate (manner)

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Fusion of plosives and fricatives

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Allophone

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A variation of a phoneme | E.g. the alveolar lateral has a light l in the word luck and a dark l in the word bell

Question 47

Near-close near-back rounded vowel

Answer 47

/ʊ/

Question 48

Spoonerism

Answer 48

* Mixing sounds in words | * E.g. a flock of bats instead of a block of flats

Question 49

Omission spelling

Answer 49

* Missing a grapheme | * E.g. missing in ‘watch’