Phonetics & Phonology - Test 1

When the air is made to move out of the lungs we say that there is an airstream.

• True

• False

Vowels are the class of sounds which makes the least obstruction to the flow of air.

• True

• False

In a postalveolar consonant, the constriction is made immediately behind the alveolar ridge

• True

• False

In a postalveolar consonant, the constriction is made immediately behind the alveolar ridge

• True

• False

In an alveolar consonant, the tongue tip approaches or touches the alveolar ridge

• True

• False

The classification of vowels is based on three aspects of articulation: place of articulation, manner of articulation and voicing.

• False

• True

/l/ is the only glottal

• True

• False

Syllables can be divided into two parts: Onset and Nucleus

• True

• False

Coda is the closing segment of a syllable

• True

• False

The pronunciation of the plural "-s" and the past tense "-ed" is examples of regressive assimilation

• True

• False