Consonants + Heads. Revision

Consonants & Heads. Revision

Principles of classification

Multiple Select

According to the place of obstruction consonants may be:

• dental

• interdental

• alveolar

• post-alveolar

• palatal

Open Ended

Give an example of words that contain:

an apical-alveolar sonorant

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Write the [name] of the consonant, which is...

constrictive, fricative, forelingual, apical, alveolar, lenis

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Give the name of the head:

Multiple Select

According to the force of articulation consonants may be:

• fortis

• lenis

• voiced

• voiceless

• palatal

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a nasal consonant

• /m/

• /n/

• /ŋ/

• /h/

Open Ended

Give an example of words that contain:

a palato-alveolar lenis affricate

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Write the [name] of the consonant, which is...

constrictive, fricative, labio-dental, fortis

Multiple Select

According to the type of obstruction and manner of noise production consonants may be:

• Occlusive

• Constrictive

• dental

• fortis

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Write the [name] of the consonant, which is...

occlusive, nasal, bilabial, lenis.

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Give the name of the head:

Multiple Select

According to the active organ of speech consonants may be:

• labial

• lingual

• glottal

• oral

• nasal

Multiple Choice

In this head, each stressed syllable is higher in pitch than the preceding one:

• Ascending Stepping

• Ascending Sliding

• Descending Stepping

• Descending Sliding

• Scandent

Multiple Choice

In this head, each unstressed syllable is higher in pitch than the preceding stressed one:

• Ascending Stepping

• Ascending Sliding

• Descending Stepping

• Descending Sliding

• Scandent

Multiple Select

According to the position of the soft palate consonants may be:

• oral

• nasal

• post-alveolar

• sonorant

• palatal

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Give the name of the head:

Open Ended

Give an example of words that contain:

an interdental voiced fricative

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