Review WEEK 1

Question 1

Consonants can be described using three parameters

Answer 1

Manner of articulation
Place of articulation
Voicing

Question 2

Manner of articulation

Answer 2

How the airflow is obstructed (stops, fricatives, affricates)

Question 3

Place of articulation

Answer 3

Where the obstruction takes place (dental, alveolar, palatal)

Question 4

Voicing

Answer 4

Use of the vocal folds ( voiced, voiceless)

Question 5

Vowel can be classified with three parameters

Answer 5

Opening of the jaw or vowel height
Rounding of the lips
Position of the tongue or backness

Question 6

The structure of a syllable

Answer 6

Onset - nucleus - coda

Question 7

Dark/clear /l/ is realised as

Answer 7

Clear l before vowels
Dark l elsewhere

Question 8

Aspiration in voiceless stops /p,t,k/

Answer 8

Aspirated at the beginning of a stressed syllable (pot)
But not if they are preceded by /s/ (spot)
If they are followed by an approximant or a lateral there is no aspiration but the approximant is devoiced (play, try)