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In French, the words /bo/ for beau (“handsome”) and /bõ/ for bon (“good”) seem to have different vowels. Are these two vowels allophones or phonemes in French?
These vowels are phonemes
Which English phoneme has the features: –voice, +velar, +stop?
/k/
What is an aspirated sound?
An aspirated sound is one pronounced with a stronger puff of air.
which of the following words would normally be pronounced with an aspirated sound?
Words containing aspirated consonants in initial position are kill, pool and top.
Does this phrase (big black bag) contain a minimal pair, a minimal set, or neither?
one minimal pair (big, bag)
Which of the following words would be treated as minimal pairs? ban, fat, pit, bell, tape, heat, meal, more, pat, tap, pen, chain, vote, bet, far, bun, goat, heel, sane, tale, vet
ban-bun, fat-pat, fat-far, pit-pat, bell-bet, bet-vet, tap-tape, tape-tale, heat-heel, meal-heel, chain-sane, vet-vote, vote-goat
What is meant by the phonotactics of a language?
The phonotactics of a language are the permitted arrangements of sounds that obey constraints on the sequence and ordering of phonemes in that language.
In the pronunciation of track, which sound(s) would be the nucleus?
the vowel /æ/
What is the difference between an open and a closed syllable?
An open syllable ends with a vowel (as nucleus) whereas a closed syllable ends with a consonant (as coda).
Is the nasal consonant in the everyday pronunciation of I can go alveolar or velar?
velar /ŋ/
Which segments in the pronunciation of the following words are most likely to be affected by elision? (a) government (b) postman (c) pumpkin (d) sandwich (e) victory
i) /n/ (ii) /t/ (iii) /p/ (iv) /d/ (v) /ə/ [vɪktəri] – [vɪktri]
