Intro to Phonetics

_________smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another.

• Phonetic

• Allophone

• Phoneme

• Word

Answer explanation

Phoneme, in linguistics, smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another, as the element p in “tap,” which separates that word from “tab,” “tag,” and “tan.”

It is variation in pronunciation of a phoneme without affecting its meaning.

• Allophone

• Variant

• Vocal organ

• Langauge

The scientific study of language.

• Phonetic

• Phonology

• Linguistics

• Phomophones

______________is a structure built of cartilage. Its main purpose is as a kind of valve to stop things going down into the lungs.

• The larynx

• The velum

• The vocal folds

• The tongue

This subdiscipline of linguistis studies the sounds of speech.

• Articulatory phonetics

• Acoustic phonetics

• Phonology

• Phonetics

This subdiscipline of linguistics studies the sound systems.

• Phonetics

• Phonology

• Phoneme

• Semantic

The larynx contains the vocal cords.

• True

• False

The space between the folds...

• Pharynx

• Glottis

• Vibration

• Soft palate

Air can exit the vocal tract through the nose or the mouth. This is controlled by the position of the....

• Tongue

• Soft palate

• Adam´s apple

• Vocal cords

Studies how speech sounds are made in the body. Taking into account the organs that interact in order to produce these sounds.

• Auditory phonetics

• Acoustic phonetis

• Articulatory phonetics

• Vocal organs