Phonetic terms
what does phonetics learn?
speech sounds...
How many vowel sounds are there in English?
20
These consonants are articulated by the 2 lips
Bilabial
The soft part in the oral cavity that moves around
tongue
how many sounds in the word "debt"?
3 [det]
The smallest undivided, meaningles unit of a language is called...
phoneme
An unchanging single vowel sound is...
a monophthong
According to the work of the vocal cords consonants are devided into ...
voiced and voiceless
How many parts are there in the tongue?
5
how do you spell [rait]?
right, write
What is a homophone?
They are the same in pronuciation but different in spelling
According to the lip position vowels are divided into
rounded and unrounded vowels
Lingual consonants may be...
forelingual, mediolingual, backlingual
What part contains vocal cords? parynx / larynx / oral cavity
larynx
Which one is with long [u:]? look / cool / cook
cool
present or present these words are
homographs
Count three lax vowels
three of all short vowels e.g.[e,i,u]
... consonants are produced with the soft palate lowered while the air passage through mouth is blocked.
Nasal
A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat
uvula
how is it pronunced?
without "b" [s^tl]
The formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech is the process of...
articulation
Which vowels are diphtongoids?
[u:],[i:]
Choose the word with apical consonants and vowels: land / proverb / camera
land
What part separates oral cavity from nasal cavity?
hard palate
when "th" is mostly voised?
at the beginning of auxilary words, exclamations, adverbs, etc.