Morphology and Syntax

Phonetics is the study of speech sounds

• true

• false

Acoustic phonetics is the branch of phonetics that deals with the production of sounds.

• true

• false

Which word starts with a voiced consonant?

• ferry

• space

• victory

• cake

Which of the following consonants are bilabial?

• /t/ and /d/

• /k/ and /g/

• /f/ and /v/

• /p/ and /b/

Which of the following consonants are fricative?

• /t/, /d/

• /s/, /z/

• /m/, /n/

• /k/, /g/

Which of the following consonants are velar?

• /k/, /g/

• /t/, /d/

• /f/, /v/

• /p/, /b/

Which of the following consonants are labiodental?

• /k/, /g/

• /p/, /b/

• /n/, /m/

• /f/, /v/

A vowel is any sound with no audible noise produced by constriction in the vocal tract.

• true

• false

The 'ch sound' /ʧ/ and 'j sound' /ʤ/ are two-part consonant sounds called

• fricatives

• affricates

• nasal

• plosives

Articulatory phonetics the branch of phonetics dealing with the transmission of sounds to the ear.

• true

• false