ID703 Week 1 Day 2

What is a phoneme?

• A pleasant sound

• The opposite of a friendneme

• A representation of a language sound that carries meaning

• A sound difference

How many sounds in English?

• +365

• -30

• +40

• 26

Why do pronunciation difficulties occur?

• People who speak different languages have different tongue shapes.

• People are allergic to certain sounds.

• Sometimes sounds are similar in different languages , but they are not the same.

• Pronunciation difficulties do not occur.

When a phoneme is unlike any phoneme in the native language...

• there are no pronunciation problems.

• it is easy to replicate the sound.

• tongue exercises will get your phonemes in shape!

• pronunciation difficulties will occur.

Learning phonemes is useful because it ...

• allows learners to have a precise understanding of the sounds.

• allows learners to have a clear understanding of semantics.

• allows learners to clearly understand the grammar.

• allows learners to improve their dictionary skills.

For our purposes and for some language courses, we use MIPA instead of IPA because...

• IPA is old fashioned.

• MIPA is not international.

• MIPA is IPA's more complex counterpart.

• it isn't necessary to know all language sounds.

Why are slash bars used?

• to show they are dangerous.

• to show they are important.

• to show they have sound.

• to show they are phonemes.

What is a minimal pair?

• A delicious fruit

• A couple that are complete opposites

• words that are opposite

• words that differ by only one sound

• words that sound the same but not spelled the same

How are segmental phonemes divided?

• by genders

• by intonation and explication

• by resonation and determination

• by vowels and consonants

What are examples of suprasegmental phonemes?

• Declaration, intonation, clarification, and comprehension

• stress, pitch, reductions, linking, and thought groups

• pace, contemplation, reaction, satisfaction

• calisthenics, calligraphy, cartography, and radiology,