Phonology Quiz

What is the study of speech sounds and their physical properties called?

• Phonetics
  
  
  

• Phonology

• Morphology

• Semantics

Which branch of phonetics focuses on how speech sounds are produced?

• Acoustic phonetics
  
  

• Articulatory phonetics

• Auditory phonetics
  

• Phonology

Analytical Tools of Phonetics is called

• MRI

• spectrogram

• spectrograph

• CT Scan

What does IPA stand for in linguistics?

What is a phoneme?

• The smallest unit of meaning in a language

• 
  The smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning

• 
  A variation of a sound that does not change meaning

• A combination of two vowel sounds in one syllable

Two words that differ by only one sound is called.........
(example: /pat/ and /bat)

[m] is a sound which is made by

• tongue

• nose

• palatal

• lips

The symbol for phonemic transcription is

• ( )

• [ ]

• / /

• { }

Which of the following describes voicing in phonetics?

• The place where a sound is produced

• Whether the vocal cords vibrate or not

• The movement of the tongue in speech

• The loudness of a spoken word

• "Pair" (a set of two) vs. "Pear" (a type of fruit) is the example of

• assimilation

• homograph

• homophone

• ellipsis