Exam 1 Review

Intro to Phonetic Science

100

A sound that is the product of articulating speech; the physical reality of speech sound production

phone

200

Which of the following includes a consonant cluster?

A) shut

B) cats

C) door 

D) apple 

B) Cats

300

1. When spoken, the word "pushed" contains how many sound segments?

4

400

Articulating the medial consonant in "butter" as a /t/ with a burst of air or as a tap and recognizing they represent the same sound means that these sounds are

allophones

500

What is the phonotactic structure of the word "moisture"?

CVCCV

mɔ͡ɪst͡ʃɚ

Consonants

100

1. In producing the word stay, the vocal folds are:

abducted first, then vibrating

vibrating continuously

vibrating first, then abducted

abducted continually

abducted first then vibrating

200

1. When the back of the tongue is near the soft palate in the production of a consonant, that place of articulation is called:

velar

300

A sound produced as a combination of a momentarily stopped airstream immediately follow by frication is an example of

an affricate

400

What is a word that contains an initial position voiceless velar stop?

any word beginning with /k/

500

What is a word that contains an initial position voiced palatal liquid 

words beginning with r 

Vowels

100

What are the four descriptors that classify vowels?

height, advancement, tenseness, roundedness

200

What is a word has the same vowel sound as the vowel in the word laugh?

æ word

300

How would you describe a diphthong? What are the 3 phonemic diphthongs?

a vowel with two dynamic movements or articulatory postures

a͡ɪ, ɔ͡ɪ, a͡ʊ

400

The vowels /u, ʊ, o, ɔ, ɑ/ are described as:

back vowels

500

What is a word that contains a rhotic triphthong (phonemic diphthong + rhotic)?

e.g., flour, fire

Broad and Narrow Transcription

100

When is narrow transcription used?

when transcribing speaker's productions

200

What is an example of a word that could contain a glottal stop?

kitten, uh oh, sentence 

300

How do you determine whether a plural marker is voiced or voiceless

look to the preceding phoneme -- is it voiced? then the plural should be transcribed as /z/

400

How would you transcribe the past tense marker in the word "walked"

t

wɑkt

500

I repeat a list of words for you to transcribe. How would you transcribe the boundaries of my production and what is this method of transcription called?

brackets; narrow transcription

Potpurri

100

There are five anatomical processes used to produce speech. Which one describes the power supply for speech?

Respiratory

200

Which symbol represents the voiced velar nasal?

ŋ

300

What is one word that contains a monopthong vowel, one word that contains a diphthong vowel, and one that contains a rhotic?

bed, bide, bird 

400

What is the symbol, voicing, place, and manner for the first sound in the word

"book"

/b/, voiceless, bilabial, stop 

500

Transcribe the phrase "study hard tonight" 

stʌɾi hɑrd təna͡ɪt