Manner of articulation
Place of articulation
Vowels
Prosodic Signs
Random Questions
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Question: What is the manner of articulation for the consonants /p/ and /k/?

Answer: Plosive or Stop

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Question: What is the place of articulation for the consonants /p/ and /b/?

Answer: Bilabial

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Question: What is the height of the vowel /i/?

Answer: High

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Question: What term describes the use of pauses to separate units of meaning in speech, such as between phrases or clauses?

  • Answer: Juncture

100

Question: What term refers to the presence or absence of vocal cord vibration during the articulation of a consonant?

Answer: Voicing

200

Question: What is the manner of articulation for the consonants /f/ and /s/?

Answer: Fricative

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Question: What is the place of articulation for the consonant /t/?

Answer: Alveolar

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Question: Is the vowel /æ/ front or back in terms of tongue position?

Answer: Front

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  • Question: What is the term for the prominence given to certain syllables or words in speech, often marked by increased loudness, duration, or pitch?

  • Answer: Stress

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Question: What are pairs of words that differ by only one sound and have different meanings, such as /pat/ and /bat/?

Answer: Minimal pairs

300

Question: What is the manner of articulation for the consonants /tʃ/ and /dʒ/?

  • Answer: Affricate

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Question: What is the place of articulation for the consonant /k/?

Answer: Velar

300

Question: Is the vowel /ʊ/ tense or lax?

Answer: Lax


300

Question: What is the variation in pitch across a sentence or phrase that conveys meaning or emotion, and is often used to signal questions or statements?

Answer: Intonation

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Question: What is the term for variations of a single phoneme that do not change meaning and occur in different environments, such as the aspirated [pʰ] and unaspirated [p]?

Answer: Allophones

400

Question: What is the manner of articulation for the consonants /l/ and /r/?

Answer: Liquid

400

Question: What is the place of articulation for the consonants /f/ and /v/?

Answer: Labiodental

400

Question: What is the front high vowel?

Answer: /i/

400

Question: What term refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in speech, which helps to create the rhythm of spoken language?

Answer: Rhythm

400

Question: In English, the sounds [t] and [tʰ] occur in different environments, with [t] appearing in words like "stop" and [tʰ] in words like "top." What is this an example of?

Answer: Complementary distribution

500

What is the manner of articulation for the consonants /w/ and /j/?

Answer: Glide

500

Question: What is the place of articulation for the consonant /ʃ/?

Answer: Palatal

500

Question: What is the central mid vowel?

Answer: /ə/

500

Question: What term describes the relative highness or lowness of a speaker's voice, which can affect the meaning or emotion conveyed in speech?

Answer: Pitch

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Question: In some dialects of English, the sound can be pronounced differently, such as the word "was" What is this an example of?

Answer: Free variation

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