Manner of Articulation
Vowels
Place of Articulation
Branches of Linguistics
Linguistics General Knowledge
100
This MOA can be either voiced or voiceless and is associated with the term stop, please also give two examples
What are plosives!
Ie. /p/, /b/, /t/...etc.
100
Describe a schwa and what it's symbol and location are on the IPA chart.
This vowel is unstressed and is considered the most commonly used vowel in American English.
It can be found in the middle of the vowels, and is represented by this symbol /ə/.
100
The place of articulation for obstruction of the vocal tract at the lips, like for the sounds [b] and [p]
Bilabial
100
Branch of linguistics concerning the arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences
Syntax
100
Difference between perscriptive and descriptive grammar
a prescriptive grammar imposes 'correct' language use, a descriptive grammar observes how language is used
200
Sounds such as /ŋ/, /m/, and /n/ are classified into this particular MOA.
What are nasals!
200
Possibilities for how vowels can contrast across languages. Ie. Height.
What are backing, rounding, nasalization, tenseness and lax, and duration!
200
English doesn’t have sounds at these two places of articulation.
Uvular and Pharyngeal
200
This morphological unit of language can be both derivational and inflectional. Along with the term, describe what this unit of language is.
What is a morpheme!
Which is the smallest form of written language with meaning.200
A linguistic test which uses nonsense words to gauge children's acquisition of morphological rules.
The Wug Test
300
The symbol and MOA for the first sound produced in the word shark
What is the postalveolar voiceless fricative /ʃ/!
300
This is the difference between consonants and vowels.
Consonants can be voiced or voiceless, and their production requires some degree of obstruction in the vocal tract!
Vowels are only voiced, and their production is unobstructed!
300
This place of articulation consists of the soft muscular rear part of the roof of the mouth, also known as the soft palate. It is used for the sounds [k], [ɡ], and [ŋ].
Velum
300
A way of classifying sounds depending on how closed or open the vocal tract is.
Sonority
300
The ability to produce and comprehend an infinite number of novel sentences that we have never spoken or heard before
Generativity
400
This MOA is homorganic and is a combination of two different MOAs. In addition to providing its name, also describe what POA it appears in.
What are affricates! and they are homorganic meaning that they only appear in the postalveolar POA.
400
The unrounded counterpart to the vowel /ɔ/.
What is /ʌ/?
400
A Retroflex is produced with the tip of the tongue curled back toward the ______. (Complete the sentence)
Hard palate.
400
The thick bundle of nerve fibres that connect the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain.
Corpus Callosum
400
The 4 different maxim's in Grice’s Conversational Maxims
Maxim of Quality, Maxim of Structure, Maxim of Quantity, Maxim of Manner
500
This group of three MOAs involves strong constriction of the vocal or oral tract. The three MOAs are Plosives, Affricates, and Fricatives.
What are obstruents!
500
The reason why open vowels are often called low vowels.
What is placement! When producing open/low vowels the tongue is found at a low position in the mouth.
500
Determine the place of articulation for letter C. (hint: it doesn't play a part in distinguishing sounds.)
Uvular/Uvula
500
This theory argues that for humans, there is a set of inborn principles that are universal to all languages and that we all have an innate ability to acquire, develop, and understand language. State the term for this theory and the name of the theorist who created it.
Universal Grammar Theory; Chomsky
500
A rare form of fluent aphasia in which patients' speech may include phonemes and intonation patterns from the language in question, but contain very few real words.
Jargon Aphasia