Consonants
Syllable Stuff
How Are They Different?
Phonological Processes
Vowels & Diphthongs
100

What is the articulatory description of /s/

Voiceless alveolar fricative 

100
Is the word, "drum" an open or closed syllable?

Closed 

/m/ = coda

100

How are the onsets different in "cell" & "call" (in terms of place, manner, and voice)

Place (/s/ = alveolar, /k/ = velar)

Manner (/s/ = fricative, /k/ = stop)

100

"Truh-Truh" for "Trumpet"

Reduplication

100

What is the articulatory description of /ɛ/

Low-mid, front, lax, unrounded
200

What is the articulatory description of the final sound in the word grab?

Voiced bilabial stop

200

For the word, "blue," what part of the syllable is omitted? 

The coda

200

How are the codas different in "cab" & "cat" (in terms of place, manner, and voice)

Place: (/b/ = bilabial, /t/ = alveolar)

Voice: (/b/ = voiced, /t/ = voiceless)

200

Define "Prevocalic Voicing"

Voiceless consonant in the beginning of a word, like /k/ or /f/, is substituted with a voiced consonant, like /g/ or /b/

200

List the phonemic and non-phonemic diphthongs & define these two terms

Phonemic: /ɑɪ/ /oɪ/ /ɑʊ/ - "moving vowel" that makes a unique sound, not found on vowel quadrilateral

Nonphonemic: /eɪ/ /oʊ/ - "moving vowel" that makes a sound already found on the vowel quadrilateral; not unique; has a monophthong counterpart 

300

What is the articulatory description of the first sound in the word "Thumb?"

Voiceless dental fricative 

300

What part(s) of a syllable are required, and what part(s) are optional?

Nucleus = required

Onset & Coda = optional

300

How are the onsets different in "right" & "like?" (in terms of place, manner, and voice)

Place: (/r/ = palatal, /l/ = alveolar)

300

"Giver" produced as /ʒɪvo/. What phonological processes might be happening?

Fronting /g/ -> /ʒ/

Vowelization /ɚ/ -> /o/

300

What is the articulatory description of /ʊ/

High-mid, back, lax, rounded

400

What is the articulatory description for the last phoneme in the word, "Nourish?"

Voiceless palatal fricative 

400

How many syllables are in the word, "Fire?"

/fɑɪ/ + /ɚ/

400

How are the codas different in "beige" and "bake"? (in terms of place, manner, and voice)

Place: (/ʒ/ = palatal, /k/ = velar)

Manner: (/ʒ/ = fricative, /k/ = stop)

Voice: (/ʒ/ = voiced, /k/ = voiceless)

400

Define "Epenthesis" & state what type of phonological process it is 

When a sound is added between two consonants, typically the "uh" sound; syllable structure process

400

What is the articulatory description of the nucleus in the second syllable of the word "Panda"

Mid, central, lax, unrounded (unstressed /ə/)

500

How many alveolar sounds are in the word, "Tornados?"

4


/t/

/n/

/d/

/z/

500

Which word(s) have a consonant cluster in their coda?

Tones, Flip, Drum, Coax, Crumb, Birth

Tones - /nz/

Coax - /ks/



500

How are the nuclei different in the words, "trade" & "Cat"? (in terms of HATR)

Height (/e/ = mid, /æ/ = low)

Tense (/e/ = tense, /æ/ = lax)


500

"shot" produced as /tot/. What phonological processes might be happening?

Stopping

Alveolarization

Assimilation

Fronting

500

What is the articulatory description of /ɑɪ/

Low, back, tense, unrounded to High-mid, front, lax, unrounded
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