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Definitions & Concepts
Places of Articulation
Chomsky
Potent Potables
100
What is the American phonetic transcription of the word calm?
Kam
100
What does Phonetics study?
What is all the human speech sounds found in languages across the globe. What is manner of articulation of speech sounds.
100
Where in the mouth are the phonemes [b, p, and m] articulated?
What is bilabial
100
A linguistic argument that proposes that one's ability to learn a language is inherently innate and distinctly human.
What is Universal Grammar
100
Where in Great Britain did Dr. Ohala study children speech this summer?
What is Wales
200
What is the American phonetic transcription for the word cactus?
ˈkæktəs
200
What is the respiratory system responsible for in speech?
What is Initiation of speech due to contraction of diaphragm.
200
What is an example of a phoneme that is labiodental? (pronounced with lips against teeth)
What is [f, v]
200
Chomsky used this thesis to propose that semantic structures existed prior to their transformation into phonetic structures.
What is the "Innateness Thesis"
200
The IPA was coined in 1886 and recognized what problem when discussing language across the globe?
What is representation of speech sounds. If you Answered Wrong: -200 pts.
300
What is American phonetic transcription for the phrase "Curtain Call"?
ˈkɜrtən kɔl
300
How many states of the glottis exist based on the actions of the vocal folds?
What is four? 1). Voiceless 2). Voiced 3). Breathy 4). Creaky
300
How would one describe how to pronounce a labiovelar phoneme?
What is It is made both at the lips and the velum. Example: [w]
300
Words whose pronunciation infer their meaning are considered by Chomsky to be a form of?
What is Sound Symbolism
300
No language has this between sounds heard and the symbols written to represent those sounds.
What is One-to-One Correspondence. Answer Right: +100 pts.
400
What is American phonetic translation for the phrase ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈskɑlər ?
Academic Scholar
400
What is the Bernoulli Effect?
What is an increase in the speed of a fluid occurring simultaneously with a decrease in pressure.
400
Provide an example of a phoneme that is produced with the tongue blade between the alveolar ridge and hard palate
What is [ ʃ, ʒ, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ ]
400
The process of how we use knowledge of sentence formation in actual speech production and comprehension.
What is Linguistic Performance.
400
[I] is considered this type of vowel.
What is lax vowel. Answer Wrong: Disqualified. Answer Right: Steal +100 pts from chosen team.
500
What is British phonetic transcription for the term "Britannia"
brəˈtænjə
500
What is happening to one's vocal cords during "creaky" voice?
What is open anterior, closed posterior, slight vibration.
500
What is the place of articulation when the tongue tip curves backwards (like in the pronunciation of [r])?
What is retroflex
500
The capacity to speak or sign messages that are unrelated to here and now is known as?
What is Displacement
500
Vowels are categorized on the properties of tongue position, lip-rounding, and what?
What is tongue tension. Daily Double!