Phonetics and Phonology 1

Phonetics deals with...

• the way speech sounds are organised into a system of a specific language.

• speech in its purely physical aspects, the way sounds are articulated, acoustic properties of sound waves, and the effects these have on the ear of the hearer.

• None

Phonology is concerned with...

• articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics.

• the effects that sounds have on the ear of the hearer.

• the physical facts of speech of speech, the way sounds are organized into a system of a specific language.

• None.

The allophonic transcription is where details of articulation are accounted for visually, and diacritics are used to give extra information.

• True

• False

Phonemic or broad transcription records only the order of which segments occur.

• True

• False

Received Pronunciation (R.P.) describes prestige "English English", has its roots in the SE of England nd express a certain social identity.

• True

• False

In Speech Apparatus is a term used in phonetics to designate all human parts that can be used to produce speech:

• lungs, larynx, cavities and resonators, and articulators.

• lungs and the Adam`s apple.

• lungs, larynx and palate, tongue , teeth and lips.

• lungs, and pharynx, nose and mouth.

Choose the statements that are true for you.

• The lungs have the consistency of two large sponges which are made to expand (inhalation) and contract (exhalation)

• The lungs are situated within the rib cage or thorax

• Below the lungs is the flat muscle called diaphragm

• The function of the lungs are that of a motor or activator that sets the passage of air into the movements of relaxation and tension

Choose the statements that are true for you.

• The larynx is a structure made of hard bone.

• The larynx is made of two large cartilages.

• The front of the larynx comes into a point at the front of our neck called the Adam`s Apple.

• The larynx contains a valve that can interfere with the passage of airstream: the Vocal Folds.

The Vocal Folds are...

• also called vocal cords. At the front are fixed side by side to the inside of the to 2 arythenoid cartilages and at the back, thyroid cartilage.

• also called vocal cords. At the front are fixed side by side to the inside of the thyroid cartilage and at the back, to 2 arythenoid cartilages.

• None

If the arythenoid cartilages move, the vocal folds move too.

• True

• False