Phonetics

Terms

100

the smallest unit of sound that denotes meaning

What are phonemes?

200

Sounds made by obstructing air flow as it passes from the lungs through the vocal tract.

What are consonants?

300

Where a sound is produced.

What is place of articulation?

400

How a sound is produced

What is manner of articulation?

500

Place of articulation, manner of articulation, and voicing. Height, frontness, tenseness, roundness

What are distinctive features?

Place and Manner

100

Place where p, m, w are articulated.

What is bi-labial?

200

Place where k, g, ŋ are articulated.

What is velar?

300

Place where h is articulated.

What is glottal?

400

Sounds that are produced by completely stopping airflow.

What are stops?

500

Stops, fricatives, and affricates.

What is obstruents?

IPA

100

ay hop ðə ɪgzæm ɪz izi

What is "I hope the exam is easy"?

200

lɪŋgwɪstɪks ɪz may fevərət səbdʒɛkt

What is "Linguistics is my favorite subject"?

300

flot layk ə bətərflɑj stɪŋ layk ə bi

What is "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"?

400

"Education is the most powerful weapon"

What is "ɛdʒəkeʃən ɪz ðə most pawərfəl wɛpən"?

500

Open a school, close a prison.

What is "Open a school, close a prison"?

Vowels

100

High and low

What is tongue height?

200

The central vowel used when the syllable is not stressed.

What is "schwa"?

300

The difference between /i/ and /I/, /e/ and /ɛ/, and /o/ and /ɔ/.

What is tenseness?

400

/a͡ɪ/, /a͡ʊ/, and /ɔ͡ɪ/.

What are diphthongs?

500

/u/, /ʊ/, /o/, and /ɔ/.

What are rounded vowels?

Wild!

100

draw a syllable tree for "disappear"

What is ________ ?

200

The difference between /p/ and /b/.

What is voicing?

300

The difference between /p/ and /m/.

What is manner of articulation and voicing?

400

draw a syllable tree for "unfriendly"

What is ________ ?

500

way dɪdənt ðə skɛlətən krɒs ðə strit ɪt dɪdənt hæv ɛni gəts

What is "Why didn't the skeleton cross the street? It didn't have any guts!"?