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100

This refers to one consonant with no adjacent consonants.

What is a singleton?

100

This symbol represents voiceless "th".

What is /θ/?

100

This is the general term for two or more consonants in succession in the same syllable or word.

What is a sequence?

100

This is the transcription of the word "place".

What is /pleɪs/?

100

This is the classification of the consonant /s/.

What is a voiceless alveolar fricative?

200

This refers to a consonant that occurs after a vowel in the final position of a word.

What is postvocalic?

200

This symbol represents the prevocalic consonant in the word "picture".

What is /p/?

200

This term represents adjacent consonants in the same syllable.

What is a blend?

200

This is the transcription of the word "stamp".

What is /stæmp/?

200

This is the classification of the consonant /ð/.

What is a voiced interdental fricative?

300

In consonant classification, this term refers to the way air is modified to produce a consonant.

What is manner?

300

This symbol represents the cognate of /s/.

What is /z/?

300

This term represents adjacent consonants that cross a syllable boundary.

What is an abutting sequence?

300

This is the transcription of the word "monkey".

What is /mʌŋki/?

300

This is the manner of production of /k/.

What is "stop"?

400

This term refers to a pair of phonemes that are the same in place and manner, but differ in their voicing.

What are cognates?

400

This symbol represents the cognate of /tʃ/.

What is /dʒ/?

400

This term indicates the type of sequence represented by /st/ in /stɑɹ/.

What is a blend?

400

This is the transcription of the word "future".

What is /fjutʃɚ/?

400

This is a voiced alveolar liquid.

What is /l/?

500

This term refers to a consonant that occurs between two vowels in a multisyllabic word.

What is intervocalic?

500

This symbol represents the postvocalic consonant in the transcription of "please".

What is /z/?

500

This term indicates the type of sequence represented by /dʒ/, /t/, and /b/ in /vɛdʒtəbəl/.

What is an abutting sequence?

500

This is the transcription for the word "museum"

What is /mjuziəm/?

500

This is the manner of production of /tʃ/.

What is "affricate"?