All About Phonetics
What does IPA stand for?
International Phonetic Alphabet
Describe the following vowel:
/ʊ/
high (-mid), back, lax, rounded
List the features for the sound represented by this IPA symbol: p
Voiceless | bilabial | stop
Describe the vowel in this word: "sue"
/u/: high, back, tense, rounded
T/F: The English alphabet follows a 1-to-1 correspondence.
False
This is the smallest unit within a language.
Phoneme
Write the IPA symbol for the following vowel:
/o/
mid, back, tense, rounded
Write the IPA symbol of the sound that has the following features: Voiced | Bilabial | Nasal
/m/
Describe the vowel in this word: "fur"
/ɝ/ : mid, central, tense, rounded
T/F: Lower pitches are produced by slower vibration of the vocal folds.
True
Name the 4 parameters for describing vowels.
Height (high, mid, low)
Advancement (front, central, back)
Tense/lax
Rounded/unrounded
Write the IPA symbol for the following vowel:
mid, central, lax, rounded
/ɚ/
Write the IPA symbol of the sound that has the following features: Voiceless | Velar | Stop
/k/
List the features for initial sound in this word: "sure"
/ʃ/: voiceless, palatal, fricative
What is the name of two words that differ by only one phoneme in the same word position (e.g.,/kɔɹ/ and /kɔɹd/)
Minimal pairs (contrasts)
This is one of the three parameters used to describe consonants that states the general status of the vocal folds.
voiced/voiceless
Describe the following vowel:
/æ/
low, front, lax, unrounded
List the features for the sound represented by this IPA symbol: /ʔ/
Voiceless | glottal | stop
List the features for initial sound in this word: "that"
/ð/: voiced, dental, fricative
List the features for final sound in this word: "sing"
/ŋ/: voiced, velar, nasal
Describe "place of articulation" when talking about consonants.
refers to the anatomical structure that usually moves during speech sound generation.
Write the IPA symbol for the following vowel:
Low-mid, Back, Tense, Rounded
/ɔ/
List the features for the sound represented by this IPA symbol: /t/
Voiceless | alveolar | stop
List the features for final sound in this word: "age"
/ʤ/: voiced, palatal, affricate
List the features for final sound in this word: "beige"
/ʒ/: voiced, palatal, fricative