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What different aspects of language are studied in articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics and auditory phonetics?
AR: the physical production of speech sounds; AC: the physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air; AU: the perception of speech sounds
What do we call the space between the vocal folds?
The glottis
How many fricatives are there in the pronunciation of mechanic?
NONE: [məkænɪk]
How do we describe the vowel in the normal pronunciation of hot?
It is a low back vowel.
In casual speech what is the most common vowel sound?
schwa [ə]
Which of the following words normally end with voiceless (–V) sounds?
(a) bash ____ (g) splat ____
Which of the following words normally end with voiced sounds (+V) sounds? (b) clang ____ (e) rap____ (h) thud ____
(b) clang ; h) thud
Which of the following words normally end with voiced sounds (+V) sounds? (c) din ____ (f) smack ____ (i) wham ____
(c) din ____;____ (i) wham ___
Which of the following words is a velar (a) calf __________(b) chin __________(c) foot __________
calf
Which of the following words is an alveolar (d) groin ____(e) hand _____(f) knee ____
(f) knee ____
Which of the following words are bilabials (g) mouth _______,(h) pelvis ____(i) shoulder ___
(g) mouth _______,(h) pelvis ____
Which of the following words is a dental (an interdental) (j) stomach____, (k) thigh __(l) toe ___
(k) thigh
Which of the following words is an affricate ? a. cherry b. crazy c. dizzy
a cherry
Which of the following words is a fricative? d. funny e. jolley f. loony
d. funny
Which of the following words is a glide? g. merry h. silly i. wimpy
i. wimpy
Which English words are usually pronounced as they are transcribed here? (a) baɪk (b) bæʤ (c) ənʤɔɪ (d) feɪs _____
(a) bike, (b) badge, (c) enjoy (d) face,
