Ch 2 Speech sounds

According to the manner of articulation, sounds in English such as [t], [d] and [k] can be labeled as ________.

• plosives

• laterals

• nasals

• fricatives

________ deals with the way in which speech sounds are produced.

• Acoustic phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics

• Segmental phonology

• Suprasegmental phonology

The vowel ________ is a low back vowel.

• /i:/

• /ʊ/

• /æ/

• /ɑ:/

In terms of the place of articulation, the following sounds [t], [n] and [z] share the feature of ________.

• palatal

• alveolar

• bilabial

• velar

________ is a central vowel.

• [e]

• [ɪ]

• [ʊ]

• [ə]

Which of the following is a minimal pair?

• pet, kid

• put, pest

• cave, shave

• must, taste

According to the manner of articulation, [m] is a ________.

• bilabial

• plosive

• nasal

• lateral

The study of sounds is divided into three main areas, each dealing with one part of the process. ________ is concerned with the perception of speech sounds.

• Articulatory phonetics

• Auditory phonetics

• Phonological process

• Acoustic phonetics

Which is the description of the consonant [b]?

• voiceless bilabial stop

• voiced bilabial stop

• voiceless alveolar fricative

• voiced alveolar fricative

When preceding /p/, the negative prefix in- changes to im- through a process called ________.

• dissimilation

• bilabialization

• assimilation

• none of the above