Phonology and Diction

Phonemes are _____ features

• segmental

• suprasegmental

Consonant sounds are classified according to ....

• force, place and manner of articulation

• the position of the tongue in the mouth

Bilabial, dental and glottal are examples of ....

• manner of articulation

• place of articulation

Which are examples of "manner of articulation"?

• velar, glottal

• plosive and nasal

This sound /æ/ is called ...

• strut

• trap

/j/ is considered a semi-vowel.

• TRUE

• FALSE

There are _____ nasal consonants.

• four

• three

"THINK" is pronounced with the ...

• voiceless dental fricative

• voiceless alveolar fricative

/b/ and /d/ are ...

• voiced plosives

• voiceless plosives

There are ______ dipthongs in the phonetic alphabet.

• six

• eight