Food for thought
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[kandi]

What is candy? 

100

[afɹɪkə]

What is Africa?

100

[jul bɔl] 

What is yule ball? 

100

[teɪləɹ swɪft]

Who is Taylor Swift?

100

Tongue position

Tongue height

Lip rounding


What are the three parameters for describing vowels?

200

[tʃiz]

What is cheese?

200

[swidən]

What is Sweden? 

200

[miʃa ɦɛɪna]


Who is Misa Hejna?

200

[albət aɪnstaɪn]

Who is Albert Einstein?

200

Voicing

Place of articulation

Manner of articulation

What are the three parameters for describing consonants? 

300

[jɒɡət]

What is yogurt?

300

[təʊkɪəʊ] 

What is Tokyo?

300

[pɹaɪd ən pɹɛdʒʊdɪs]

What is Pride and Prejudice?

300

[ʃɛɹ]

Who is Cher?

300

The guy who gives lectures on Phonetics and Phonology

Who is Ocke-Schwen Bohn?

400

[ʌnjən sup]

What is onion soup?

400

[ɑdʒəntinə]

What is Argentina? 

400

[ɛspəɹantəʊ fɹaɪdeɪ bɑɹ]

What is Esperanto Friday Bar?

400

[dʒɒni kaʃ]

Who is Johnny Cash?

400

A linguistic unit that differentiates meaning but does not carry meaning

What is a phoneme?

500

[fwɑ ɡɹɑ]

What is foie gras? 

500

[tɑʒ məhɑl]

What is Taj Mahal?

500

[ɪŋɡlɪʃ lɪŋɡwɪstɪks wʌn lɛvəlz əv laŋɡwɪdʒ]

What is English Linguistic 1: Levels of language?

500

[kwin ɪlɪzəbɛθ ðə sɛkənd]

Who is Queen Elizabeth II? 

500

Sounds where stricture is formed in the area that extends over the alveolar ridge and the palate

What are post alveolar sounds? 

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