Phonology

What is a phoneme?

• the smallest unit of sound

• a blend of phone and meme

• a single letter

• the volume of your voice

p b t d k g are all examples of...

• plosives

• fricatives

• affricates

• nasals

th sh f s are examples of...

• plosives

• fricatives

• affricates

• nasals

ch (as in church) and dg (as in judge) are...

• plosives

• fricatives

• affricates

• nasals

What is a glottal stop?

• a combination of a plosive and a fricative

• how you make an L sound

• making a fricative sound last a long time

• closing vocal cords instead of pronouncing a T

Which is the correct spelling?

• diphthong

• dipthong

• diphtong

• dithpong

Choose the correct transcription for 'grab'

• /'græb/

• /'graed/

• /'græd/

Choose the correct transcription for 'stream'

• /'strim/

• /'strɪm/

• /'striːm/

....................are the abstractions of speech unit which differ one meaning from another.

• Segments

• Morphemes

• Orthography

• Phonemes

choose the correct transcription for 'went'

• /'went/

• /'wənt/

• /'wɜːnt/