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Quiz by Petite Piplup, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Petite Piplup
over 10 years ago
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Question 1
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There are 40 different speech sounds [(a)] in English, which are meaningful (b)
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(a) (phonemes) (b) only in context
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(a) (phonemes) (b) all of the time
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(a) (phonetics) (b) only in context
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(a) (phonetics) (b) all of the time
Question 2
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What are the two distinct classes of phonemes?
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Vowels and consonants
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Morphemes and phonetics
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Vowels and photetics
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Morphemes and consonants
Question 3
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How are vowels primarily distinguished?
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Vibration of vocal cords and position of atriculators
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Non-vibration of vocal cords and position of atriculators
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Vibration of vocal cords and size of vocal tract
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Non-vibration of vocal cords and size of vocal tract
Question 4
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How are consonants primarily distinguished?
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Place of articulation and manner of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
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Place of articulation and length of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
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Onset of articulation and manner of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
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Onset of articulation and length of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
Question 5
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What are the 4 main categories of consonants (according to their manner of articulation)?
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Plosives, fricatives, affricatives, nasals
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Plosives, stops, affricatives, and formants
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Breaks, fricatives, semi-fricatives and nasals
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Nasals, stops, semi-fricatives and fricatives
Question 6
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Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of stops (plosives) and (b) give an example ?
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(a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
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(a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
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(a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
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(a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
Question 7
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Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of fricatives and (b) give an example ?
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(a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
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(a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
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(a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
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(a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
Question 8
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Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of nasals and (b) give an example ?
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(a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
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(a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'
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(a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
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(a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'
Question 9
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Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of affricatives and (b) give an example ?
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(a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'
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(a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
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(a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'
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(a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
Question 10
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What are formants?
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A characteristic peak exhibited by the amplitude spectrum of vowels and certain consonants
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A type of vowel
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A type of consonant
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A meaningful segment of a word
Question 11
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What is a spectogram?
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Most commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which make apparent cues to sound nature
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Least commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which make apparent cues to sound nature
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Most commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which does not show cues to sound nature
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Least commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which does not show cues to sound nature
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