Transcriptions
Allophones
Organs of Speech
Basic Phonetics
Consonant and Vowel Possibilities
100

Transcription in RP of "Quack"

What is /kwak/?

100

When fortis plosives are initial in a stressed syllable this phonetic effect occurs

What is aspiration?

100

This cavity produces sounds like /n/, /m/ and /ŋ/

What is the Nasal Cavity?

100
Number of phonemes in GA
What is 40?
100

Vowels are described by using these two labels

What is checked and free?

200

Pronunciation of /ɪn'kri:s/

What is "Increase"?

200

This occurs in GA when: Intervocalic and following a stressed symbol

What is "flap t"?

200

Number of areas used in speech production

What is 17?
200

Number of Phonemes in RP

What is 44?

200

Consonants are described by using these three labels

What is place, manner & energy?

300

Pronunciation of /ə'wernəs/

What is "Awareness"?

300

In GA, a variant of this consonant phoneme is often used

What is Dark l?

300

All of these terms are used for labelling the different parts of the tongue (In order)

What is Tip, Blade, Front, Back, Root? (or reversed)

300

This can help you pronounce foreign languages more effectively

What is phonetic knowledge

300

The two subcategories of free vowels

What is steady state and dipthongs?

400

Pronunciation of /nɒ'staldʒɪk/

What is "Nostalgic"?

400
This symbol is used for glottal stop (often used in Cockney English)

what is "ʔ"?

400

These are all the different manners of speech in RP and GA

What is plosive, affricate, fricative, central approximant, lateral approximant & nasal?

400

The umbrella variety of American English

What is GA?

400

The effects of pre-fortis clipping

What is the shortening of the vowel before a final fortis consonant?

500

Pronunciation of /'fʌɪə/

What is "Fire"?

500
Phontical transriptions use these to signal start and stop

What is [] (Square brackets)?

500

The Uvula

Where are no english consonants articulated?

500

The Schwa (ə) is mostly like this for native speakers but rarely for foreigners

What is never stressed

500

Articualtion of consonants may have voice

What is Lenis?