test1 vowels & consonants

Question 1

Traditional Classifications/consonant

Answer 1

Consonants
Place of Articulation
Manner
Voicing

Question 2

Traditional Classifications/vowels

Answer 2

Vowels
High—Low
Front—Back; Center
Round

Question 3

Distinctive Features

Answer 3

• Characteristics [Acoustic & Articulatory] used to distinguish phonemes
• Binary [plus or minus]
• Phoneme [a bundle of features]

Question 4

PLACE of Articulation

Answer 4

Labial [6]= Bilabial [4]+ Labio-Dental [2]
Lingua [17] =Interdental [2] +Alveolar [6] +Palatal [6] + Velar [3]
Glottal [1]

Question 5

MANNER

Answer 5

Obstruents [17] =Stops [6] + Fricatives [9] +Affricates [2]

Sonorants [7]= Nasals [3]+Liquids [2]+Glides [2]

Question 6

Voicing

Answer 6

VOICING
Voiced [15]
Voiceless 9

Question 7

OTHER Major Categories

Answer 7

Sibilants [6]

Stridents [8]

Question 8

Syllables require

Answer 8

Vowel or Diphthong
OR
Syllabic or Vocalic Consonant

Question 9

Vocal Tract Constriction vowels vs consonant

Answer 9

Vowels—relatively open

Consonants-varying degrees of constriction

Question 10

which categories are considered Sonorants

Answer 10

Sonorants include Liquids, Nasals, and Glides

Vowels & Diphthongs are all Sonorants

Question 11

which categories are considered Obstruents

Answer 11

Obstruents include Stops, Fricatives, and Affricates.

Obstruents have Voiceless consonants as well as voiced cognates.

Question 12

Sibilants

Answer 12

Sibilants are the “s” family sounds that are sort of “hissy”; Lips can occur on all sibilants.

Question 13

in what categories consonants fall into?

Answer 13

All consonants are EITHER obstruents or sonorants.

Question 14

Stridents

Answer 14

Stridents include all sibilants and also /f/ and /v/ [air stream directed against upper teeth