Prosody

Question 1

What is prosody

Answer 1

Patterns of intonation, timing and loudness (incl stress, prominence and rhythm)

Question 2

Intonation (f0 contour) is speech at utterance level and explains the emotional intent oof the speaker.

Answer 2

False - pitch at utterance level

Question 3

Prosody refers to the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Changes in pitch are a key component of prosody.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Prosodic features can vary across languages and dialects

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder may exhibit atypical prosodic patterns in their speech.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Prosody is a fixed aspect of speech that does not change over time.

Answer 7

False - it changes

Question 8

English is a tonal language.

Answer 8

False
Don’t have words that are the same in all segmentals.

Question 9

F0 declination is referred to as the tendency of F0 to decrease gradually over the course of an utterance.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Sonority is the loudness level of a sound relative to other sounds of similar length, pitch, and stress.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Syllabic stress is not language defined.

Answer 11

False
It is language defined

Question 12

Suprasegmentals are phonetic events whose characteristics extend beyond the duration of segments.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What is used to differentiate “I am aching a lot” from “I am making a lot”

Answer 13

Juncture

Question 14

Increased duration of one or more
syllables in an utterance-final position can
signal the end of words or complete
utterances

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Duration is also defined by juncture, pause/time separation of syllables

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What is syllabic stress?

Answer 16

the use of ƒo, intensity, and/ or duration to place emphasis on one or more syllables of a word

Question 17

Prominence of the syllables are speaker defined

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Define prominence

Answer 18

The amount of emphasis placed upon a syllable or group of syllables to convey meaning

Question 19

What are the 3 acoustic cues that define syllabic stress

Answer 19

Duration, intensity and F0

Question 20

Prosody manifests mainly in

Answer 20

suprasegmentals

Question 21

Define speech rhythm and is it language dependent?

Answer 21

Timing pattern of syllables.

Yes

Question 22

Lexical tone is when some languages uses pitch changes to differentiate between words

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Prosodic phrasing example:

My sister | who lives in Edinburgh | has just had twins ||

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|| =

Answer 23

= word group boundary
|| = utterance boundary

Question 24

The primary intonational distinction in English is between falling and rising pitch patterns expressed on the last lexical stress (nuclear accent) in the phrase.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Phonetic events whose characteristics extend beyond the duration of segments are called

Answer 25

suprasegmentals

Question 26

Give an example of a suprasegmental

Answer 26

fundamental frequency (F0)

Question 27

Declarative utterances show a decrease in F0 at the start of an utterance after which it gradually falls.

Answer 27

False - increase initially

Question 28

Question utterances has a fall-rise pattern of F0 and different intonation contous

Answer 28

True