Questions from Quiz 2

Question 1

Which sound is possible to produce with the following vocal tract configuration? (One correct answer.)
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a) [G]
b) [ʁ]
c) [ɣ]
d) [N]

Answer 1

d) [N]

Question 2

Which set of sounds has one element that is dissimilar from the other two (in terms of voicing, place and manner)? (One correct answer.)

a) [β, m, B]
b) [N, R, ʁ]
c) [ɬ, ɹ, ɻ]
d) [f, ç, ʂ]

Answer 2

c) [ɬ, ɹ, ɻ]

Question 3

Which set of sounds have elements that all involve airflow from inside the body to the outside? (One correct answer.)

a) [ǂ, ɗ, k’]
b) [p, p’, s]
c) [t, j, !]
d) [l, r, ɠ]

Answer 3

b) [p, p’, s]

Question 4

Which of the following are technically impossible to produce (in terms of voicing, place and manner)? (Two correct answers.)

a) voiced labiodental oral stop
b) voiceless velar trill
c) voiceless labiodental lateral fricative
d) voiceless postalveolar trills

Answer 4

b) voiceless velar trill
c) voiceless labiodental lateral fricative

Question 5

Which set has two sounds that are different by only a single parameter? (Two correct answers.)

a) [ɖ] vs. [ʂ]
b) [q] vs. [ʁ]
c) [q] vs. [χ]
d) [m] vs. [ɳ]

Answer 5

c) [q] vs. [χ]
d) [m] vs. [ɳ]

Question 6

Which ones are true?

a) click sounds are always stop sounds
b) ejectives require the lowering of the larynx
c) implosives cannot be voiceless
d) ejectives cannot be voiceless

Answer 6

a) click sounds are always stop sounds