Category: Writing

The consonant [l] is described phonetically as a
a. voiced apico-alveolar lateral approximant
b. voiced coronal-alveolar glide
c. voiced predorsal-alveolar lateralapproximant
d. voiced postdorsal-velar lateral-approximant

The vowel [i] is described phonetically as a
a. high-front vowel that is unrounded and lax
b. mid-front vowel that is unrounded and tense
c. high-front vowel that is unrounded and tense
d. high-back vowel that is unrounded and tense

Which consonants are considered to be sonorant consonants?
a. fricatives and affricates
b. stop-plosives
c. all voiced consonants
d. nasals, liquids, and glides

Vowels are defined as having
a. no simultaneous vocal fold vibration under normal
conditions
b. articulatory constriction along the sagittal midline of
the vocal tract
c. relatively unimpeded airstream from the vocal folds to
the lips
d. relatively less acoustic intensity than consonants

If you were studying how the production of [s] varies in
General American English versus Spanish, which branch of phonetics would you be
studying?
a. articulatory phonetics
b. acoustic phonetics
c. auditory phonetics

If you were studying how foreign students perceive various
speech sounds of General American English, which branch of phonetics would you
be studying?
a. articulatory phonetics
b. acoustic phonetics
c. auditory phonetics

Which one of the subdivisions of phonetics would examine the
frequency, intensity, and duration of speech sounds?
a. articulatory phonetics
b. acoustic phonetics
c. auditory phonetics

What is the smallest linguistic unit that can be combined
with other such units to establish word meanings?
a. allophonic variation
b. speech sound
c. phoneme
d. phonotactic constraint

The allowed combinations of phonemes in a particular
language refer to the
a. phonetic inventory
b. phonemic inventory
c. phonotactic constraints
d. minimal pairs

The definition of phonology includes
a. the description of the system and patterns of phonemes
within a language
b. the classification and description of how speech sounds
are produced
c. the oral, verbal expression of language
d. the relatively peripheral motor processes involved in
speech