quiz2/4 techinally actual questions

Question 1

what are the acoustic correlates of the following perceptions?
pitch and loudness?

Answer 1

Pitch=frequency (Hz). Loudness= intesnity (dB).

Question 2

decible is ____(a what type of scale logarithmic or linear)

Answer 2

A logarithmic scale.

Question 3

a Hertz is a ____(a what type of scale logarithmic or linear).

Answer 3

A linear scale.

Question 4

Octave is a ____ (a what type of scale logarithmic or linear).

Answer 4

logarithmic

Question 5

0 dB means silence t/f

Answer 5

false. only to the human ears

Question 6

0Hz means silence t/f=

Answer 6

true

Question 7

0 octave means silence t/f

Answer 7

false

Question 8

what is the intensity of a sound that has 100 times greater intensity than a 60-dB sound?

Answer 8

80 dB

Question 9

what is athe frequency of a sound that is two octaves higher than a 100-Hz sound?

Answer 9

400hz

Question 10

The term prosody can be divided in two different ways. one way to define a prosody is by its function: Prosody is the phonetic and phonological properties of speech that indicate certain aspects of a ___. not a specific__.

Answer 10

certain aspects of a sentence. not a specific word.

Question 11

another way to define prosopdy is by form: prosody comprises the suprasegmental aspects of the speech stream, which mainly involves three acoustic features.

Answer 11

1. fundamental frequency
2. duration
3. intensity

Question 12

which of the following facts in English is NOT considered relevant to the definition of prosody by its function?

a) states ment have falling intonation, where as questions have rising intonation.
b) if you utter the sentence “Anna married Lenny” as an answer to the question “Who married Lenny?” the word “Anna” must be emphasized
c) the position of the stress ina word can indicate whether the word is a noun or a verb.
d) the same sentence can have a very different meaning with a sarcastic tone.

Answer 12

C. is NOT considered relevant to the definition of prosody by its function.

Question 13

boundaries and prominence are two important concepts in speech prsody. which of the following does NOT correlare with prosodic boundaries?

a) pause
b) lengthening before the boundary
c) pitch excursion before the boundary
d) increased intenstiy before the boundary

Answer 13

D. increased intensity before the boundary does not

Question 14

which of the following does not correlate with prosodic prominence?
a) lengthening the target word
b) pitch excursion on the target word.
c) increased pitch range after the target word
d) increased intensity on the target word

Answer 14

C) increased pitch range does not correlate with prosodic prominence.

Question 15

overall slowing down the articulatory gestures indicates slengthening to mark:

Answer 15

boundaries

Question 16

decreasing the overlapppp between articulatory indicates lengethening to mark

Answer 16

prominence.