Theoretical Phonetics

True or False?

Practical phonetics studies substance, the material form of phonetic phenomena in the context

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the below is NOT the aspect of speech sounds?

• Articulatory

• Context

• Acoustic

• Functional

• Auditory

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Acoustic phonetics - studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener's ear

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Functional phonetics – is also termed as morphology

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Recognitive– phoneme makes up grammatical forms of words, sentences, thus, the right use of allophones

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3A

Which sounds are produced by a movement of the lower lip against the upper teeth?

• Labiodental

• Dental

• Interdental

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sounds are made with the tongue tip coming near or touching the bony ridge behind the upper teeth?

• Palatal

• Alveolar

• Postalveolar

• Retroflex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3A

Sounds /p/, /t/ and /k/ are plosives

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the below is NOT a characteristic of the manner of articulation?

• closeness/openness

• frontness/backness

• air obstriction

• the shape o f the lips

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If the tongue is in a mid-high position, i.e. a bit lower than in high, the resultant sound is a mid-close vowel, or half-close vowel.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A