Introduction
Linguistic Phonetics
Linguistic Phonetics
Systems of Speech
Consonants
100

Provide a list of four words with one word not matching the target sound.

Bus

buns 

loss 

boss 

100

Building blocks of a word

Morphemes 

100

Identify the two types of phones

Phoneme

Allophone 

100

Identify the three systems for speech 

respiratory

laryngeal

supralaryngeal 

100

Identify and describe the three dimensions of consonants 

Place of articulation:  the places where the airstream is constricted by the articulators; (Where a sound is formed)

Manner of articulation: the ways the airstream is modified by the articulators; (How a sound is formed)

Voicing:  tells whether or not the vocal folds are vibrating when the sound is produced

200

The sound system of the language: the structure and function of the sounds of a language

Phonology

200

Identify and define the two types of morphemes

Free: Carry a specific meaning when they appear alone

Bound: Must be attached to other morphemes to produce a word with a specific meaning

(Derivational and Inflectional)

200

Your actual attempt at producing the phoneme

Allophone 

200

Identify the speech functions of the respiratory and laryngeal systems 

1. power for speech

2. phonation

200

Identify the manners categorized as obstruents and sonorants

Obstruents: stops fricatives and affricates 

sonorants: nasals, liquids, glides

300

Describe the difference between graphemes and phonemes.

Graphemes: letter representation

Phoneme: sound representation 

300

Count the following morphemes:

Carefully

Ran

Women 

Swimmers 

Stapler 


3

2

2

3

1


300

Identify the three segments of a syllable as well as their location within the syllable. 

Onset- beginning

Peak- vowel middle

Coda- end

300

Sequence of words or syllables produced on a single expiration

Breath group 

300

Identify and describe the places of articulation. 

bilabial, labiodental, lingua dental, alveolars, palatals, velars, glottals 

400

Define phonotactics 

Phonological rules that dictate what positions in the syllable a phonetic segment is permitted to occupy and how the sounds can combine

400

Identify the 8  inflectional morphemes

1.–s (plural noun)

2.‘s (noun possessive)

3.-s (verb present tense third person singular)

4.-ing (verb present participle/gerund)

5.-ed (verb past tense)

6.-en (verb past perfect participle)

7.-er (adjective comparative)

8.-est (adjective superlative)

400
Provide an example of an open syllable, closed syllable, CV, VC, and VCC. 

Boo 

Boot 

To 

At 

Amp 

400
Where is the larynx located and what 3 cartilages are found in the larynx?

Laryngeal cavity


cricoid, thyroid, and arytenoid

400

Identify place, manner, voice of :

b

m

sh

b: bilabial, stop, voiced

M: bilabial, nasal, voiced

sh: palatal, fricative, voiceless

h: glottal, fricative, voiceless 

500

Identify and describe the three perceptual domains

Linguistic Complexity: Isolation, word, phrase, sentence, conversation 

Response Complexity: One sound, multiple sounds

System Complexity: Two- way scoring, five-way scoring, transcription

500

Define minimal  pairs and provide two examples of  minimal pairs; one needs to be due to  final consonant deletion 

A pair of morphemes or words that differ in pronunciation by only a single element

key tea

bee beat 

500

Count the phonemes and morphemes in the following:

1. Planters

2. Gardeners 

3. Swiftly 

4. Cheesy 

5. Corner 

1. morpheme: 3

Phoneme: 7

2. Morpheme: 3

Phoneme: 8 

3. morpheme: 2

phoneme 7

4. morpheme: 2

Phoneme: 4

5. Morpheme: 1

Phoneme: 5

500

identify the mobile articulators and discuss if they can change shape and/or position

nvelum (soft palate), jaw, tongue, lips, & pharyngeal walls

500

Define cognate and provide three example.

What manners do not have cognates and are they voiced or voiceless 

voiceless and voiced pairs

f v 

p b

k g

nasals, glides, liquids - voiced with the exception of h