What is the primary focus of phonetics?

Phonetics and Phonology Concepts

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Studying the meaning of words
Analyzing sentence structure
Examining speech sounds and their production
Understanding language history
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Kenneth Pike, what does phonology do with the material gathered by phonetics?
It translates it
It cooks it
It discards it
It ignores it
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sound is part of the English sound inventory but not used in German?
Voiced alveolar fricative
Voiceless velar plosive
Voiceless dental fricative
Voiced bilabial plosive
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the context of phonetics, what does a segmental study focus on?
The meaning of sentences
The articulation of individual sounds
The syntax of sentences
The history of languages
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the function of the voiceless palatal fricative in German?
It is not used at all
It occurs after back vowels
It is used in all contexts
It occurs where a front vowel precedes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is the sound 'ts' treated differently in English and German?
As two units in both languages
As two units in German and one in English
As one unit in German and two in English
As a single unit in both languages
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a key feature of suprasegmental phonetics?
It focuses on individual sounds
It examines sentence structure
It investigates aspects like pitch and loudness
It studies language history
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