Theoretical Phonetics

What is voice?

• The sounds produced by the larynx

• The sounds produced by the vocal folds

• The sounds produced by the mouth

• The sounds produced by speech

The study of speech as a physical process

• phonetics
• photography
• morphology
• pragmatics

The study of speech production is called ....

• acoustic phonetics

• articulatory phonetics

• auditory phonetics

• agricultural phonetics

How do we produce sound?

• The breathing system and the muscles of the chest, create the necessary airflow to produce most of the speech sounds.

• The breathing system and the muscles of the chest, cannot create the necessary airflow to produce most of the speech sounds.

• The breathing system and the muscles of the rest of the body, create the necessary airflow to produce most of the speech sounds.

What is a phoneme?

• the smallest unit of sound

• a blend of phone and meme

• a single letter

• the volume of your voice

Which of the following is not related to phonology?

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Consonance

The study of the sound system of language is called ________

• Phonology
• Semantics
• Morphology 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to meaning in a language.

• True

• False

Assimilation is a process by which one sound becomes more similar to a nearby sound in one or more features...

• True

• False

Assimilation may occur between two adjacent sounds (Contiguous) or at a distance (non-contiguous)...

• True

• False