Speech: Units of Speech and Formants

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BSc (Auditory Scene Analysis) PS414 Cognitive Psychology I Test sobre Speech: Units of Speech and Formants, creado por Petite Piplup el 22/03/2014.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
There are 40 different speech sounds [(a)] in English, which are meaningful (b)
Respuesta
  • (a) (phonemes) (b) only in context
  • (a) (phonemes) (b) all of the time
  • (a) (phonetics) (b) only in context
  • (a) (phonetics) (b) all of the time

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What are the two distinct classes of phonemes?
Respuesta
  • Vowels and consonants
  • Morphemes and phonetics
  • Vowels and photetics
  • Morphemes and consonants

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
How are vowels primarily distinguished?
Respuesta
  • Vibration of vocal cords and position of atriculators
  • Non-vibration of vocal cords and position of atriculators
  • Vibration of vocal cords and size of vocal tract
  • Non-vibration of vocal cords and size of vocal tract

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
How are consonants primarily distinguished?
Respuesta
  • Place of articulation and manner of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
  • Place of articulation and length of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
  • Onset of articulation and manner of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced
  • Onset of articulation and length of articulation, and voiced/unvoiced

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What are the 4 main categories of consonants (according to their manner of articulation)?
Respuesta
  • Plosives, fricatives, affricatives, nasals
  • Plosives, stops, affricatives, and formants
  • Breaks, fricatives, semi-fricatives and nasals
  • Nasals, stops, semi-fricatives and fricatives

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of stops (plosives) and (b) give an example ?
Respuesta
  • (a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
  • (a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
  • (a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
  • (a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of fricatives and (b) give an example ?
Respuesta
  • (a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
  • (a) Air forced through narrow constriction, turbulent air flow (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
  • (a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced /z/ or unvoiced /s/
  • (a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of nasals and (b) give an example ?
Respuesta
  • (a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
  • (a) Air allowed through nasal passages, oral cavity closed (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'
  • (a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced (/m/ in mat, /n/ in nat)
  • (a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Consonants: (a) What are the characteristics of affricatives and (b) give an example ?
Respuesta
  • (a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced such as in 'jeer' or unvoiced such as in 'cheer'
  • (a) A brief stop (vocal tract closed) followed by a fricative (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/
  • (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'
  • (a) Vocal tract closed, abrupt release of energy following a period of silence (b) Voiced /b/ or unvoiced /p/

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What are formants?
Respuesta
  • A characteristic peak exhibited by the amplitude spectrum of vowels and certain consonants
  • A type of vowel
  • A type of consonant
  • A meaningful segment of a word

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
What is a spectogram?
Respuesta
  • Most commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which make apparent cues to sound nature
  • Least commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which make apparent cues to sound nature
  • Most commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which does not show cues to sound nature
  • Least commonly used method to present an image of speech sound which does not show cues to sound nature
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