quiz #5

Question 1

Carefully pronouncing a word as a single item

Answer 1

citation form

Question 2

Joining two or more words together in the creation of an utterance, often losing or changing some phonemes in order to speak more efficiently.

Answer 2

connected speech

Question 3

The overlapping of the articulators during speech production which allows us to maintain the rapidity of connected speech and makes connected speech easier to produce.

Answer 3

coarticulation

Question 4

Process whereby phonemes take on the phonetic character of neighboring sounds.

Answer 4

assimilation

Question 5

when the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme preceding it.

Answer 5

progressive assimilation

Question 6

when the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme following it

Answer 6

regressive assimilation

Question 7

A non assimilatory process in which we omit phonemes during speech production.

Answer 7

elision

Question 8

the addition of a phoneme to the production of a word

Answer 8

epenthesis

Question 9

Transposition of sounds in a word (saying /æks/ instead of /æsk/)

Answer 9

metathesis

Question 10

When the full form of a vowel becomes more like the mid-central vowel when spoken in connected speech.

Answer 10

vowel reduction

Question 11

suprasegmental aspects of speech

Answer 11

stress, timing, and intonation

Question 12

describes the duration of speech, like pauses or how long it takes to say each sound

Answer 12

timing

Question 13

The modification of voice pitch that lets listeners know what type of utterance is being spoken

Answer 13

intonation

Question 14

different emphasis on the syllables in a word or the words in a sentence

Answer 14

stress

Question 15

________ pitch is seen in complete statements or commands and indicate the end of the nonemotional utterance

Answer 15

falling

Question 16

________ pitch is seen with questions and incomplete thoughts, uncertainty of the speaker, or yes/no questions

Answer 16

rising

Question 17

the durational aspect of connected speech. Each phoneme has a certain duration and that can be altered based on how they are joined together and what context it’s in

ex: /æ/ in “batch” is shorter than /æ/ in “badge”

Answer 17

tempo

Question 18

describes the way in which syllables and words are linked together in connected speech

Answer 18

juncture

Question 19

term given to a pause that connects 2 intonational phrases

Answer 19

external juncture

Question 20

when there is a pause between syllables of a phrase (“I- scream”)

Answer 20

Open juncture

Question 21

when there is no pause between syllables of a phrase (“ice cream” transcribed /aɪskrim/)

Answer 21

close juncture

Question 22

added emphasis given to a specific word in a sentence due to the importance of that word in conveying meaning or due to speaker intent.

Answer 22

sentence stress

Question 23

words conveying important information in the sentence

Answer 23

content words

Question 24

usual content word parts of speech

Answer 24

nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Question 25

less important words in a sentence like pronouns, articles, conjunctions, prepositions

Answer 25

function words

Question 26

indicates intent based on where stress is placed

Answer 26

contrastive stress

Question 27

What is this an example of: When pronouncing “soon”, lips round during the production of the /s/ phoneme even though /s/ is normally an unrounded sound as you are preparing to pronounce the rounded /u/ phoneme.

Answer 27

coarticulation/regressive assimilation

Question 28

What is this an example of: saying /egzæklɪ/ instead of /egzæktlɪ/

Answer 28

elision

Question 29

What is this an example of: saying hampster instead of hamster

Answer 29

epenthesis

Question 30

What is this an example of: saying /nukjulɚ/ instead of /nukliɚ/

Answer 30

metathesis

Question 31

What is this an example of: saying “ol” instead of oil or /jɝ/ instead of /jor/

Answer 31

vowel reduction

Question 32

vowels in _______ syllables are longer than vowels in ________ syllables

Answer 32

open, closed

Question 33

the pause in the sentence “she wants to run, but it’s raining” is an example of what

Answer 33

external juncture

Question 34

In the sentence “Jane read a book”, the content words are:

Answer 34

Jane, read, book