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100

Bilabial Articulators

What are both lips?

100

What is a high, front, tense vowel?

What is /i/?
100

The definition of a phoneme

What is the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between phonemes?

100

/kɑntræst/

What is "contrast"?

100

The definition of a vowel

What is a speech sound formed without a significant constriction of airflow?

200
Interdental Articulators

What are the tongue tip and the teeth?

200

A low-mid, back, tense vowel?

What is /ɔ/?

200

The definition of a consonant

What is a speech sound that is produced with a significant constriction of the oral/pharyngeal cavities?

200

/sikwɛns/

What is "sequence"?

200

The three dimensions of a consonant

What is voiced/voiceless, place of articulation, and manner of articulation?

300

Alveolar Articulators

What are the tongue tip and alveolar ridge?

300

A mid, front, tense vowel?

What is /ēɪ̄/?

300

Where a speech sound is formed

What is Place of Articulation?

300

/wɛðɚ/

What is "weather"?

300

Variation of a phoneme that does not change the meaning

What is an allophone?

400

Glottal Articulators

What are the larynx/vocal folds?

400

a mid-central, lax, rounded vowel

What is /ɚ/?

400

When either the onglide or offglide are alone, they are different phoneme

What is a phonemic diphthong?

400

/fʌŋkʃən/

What is "function"?

400

Two allophones that will not occur in the same phonetic environment

What is complementary distribution?

500
Palatal Articulators

What is the blade of the tongue and palate, or center of the tongue and palate?

500

The tense/lax pairs

/i/&/ɪ/; /e/&/ɛ/; /u/&/ʊ/

500

Marks added to phonemes to symbolize allophonic variation

What are diacritic marks?

500

/ɪkskyuz/

What is "excuse"?

500

Allophones that can occur in the same phonetic environment

What is free variation?

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