Vocal Anatomy
Which of these is not part of the vocal anatomy?
The teeth
The lips
The larynx
The tonsils
The tonsils
What are the three characteristics used to describe consonants phonetically?
Place of Articulation
Manner of Articulation
Voicing
What is the study of human speech sounds?
Phonetics
What is the smallest linguistic unit with a meaning or grammatical function?
A morpheme
What is a complex segment where two vowel sounds are produced in the space of time normally allotted for one?
A diphthong
What is the bumpy part just behind your upper front teeth?
The alveolar ridge
What is the consonant sound used to produce the phrase "uh oh"?
Glottal Stop
What is the study of the systematic organization of sounds in languages and their interactions with one another?
Phonology
What type of morphology only provides grammatical information, but not does not change meaning like the "s" of pluralization?
Inflectional
What word refers to the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech?
Diphtong
What is the area of thick cartilage that protects the vocal chards commonly known as the adam's apple?
The larynx
What are the four characteristics used to describe English vowels phonetically?
Tongue Height
Tongue Advancement
Tense/Lax
Lip rounding
What is the study of word types and how words are formed from smaller meaningful pieces?
Morphology
What type of morphology is used to create new words, usually from a new syntactic category, like "ly" turning adjectives into adverbs?
Derivational
What are the rules that define which sound sequences are allowed or forbidden in a language?
Phonotactic constraints
What part of the vocal anatomy closes off the nasal cavity so air cannot pass through?
The velum
The nucleus of an English syllable is always a syllabic consonant or what?
A vowel
What is the component of grammar that determines how words and phrases are combined into larger phrases?
Syntax
What type of morphology is exemplified by the difference between sing, sang, and sung?
Alternation
What are lexically distinctive sounds in the minds of speakers?
Phonemes
What part of the vocal anatomy located between the vocal folds cannot be touched?
The glottis
What voiced alveolar retroflex approximant is a major sound difference between various dialects of English?
The "R" sound or [ɹ]
What is the study of the interaction between language and context?
Pragmatics
What type of morphology is unpredictable and illustrated by words like go vs went?
Suppletion
What is an uninterrupted unit of sound containing a vowel with or without surrounding consonants?
A syllable