EDU 201 Chapter 2 Test

Language is basically _____, so sounds are its fundamental building blocks.

• speech

• sounds

• letters

The phonetic alphabet uses the familiar Roman letters but assigns to each a single sound value.

• True

• False

Consonants are classified to their place of articulation.

• True

• False

The sounds p, t, and k are voiceless because the flow of breath actually stops for a split second.

• True

• False

Voiceless stops are also called ____ .

• fricatives

• bilabial

• explosives

• velar

A narrow opening is made somewhere in the mouth for these sounds.

• bilabial

• Fricatives

• interdental

A hacek is the little check mark written above the letters s, z, c, and j.

• True

• False

The principal sounds of syllables are called...

• Vowels

• Diphthong

Two-vowel sequence pronounced as the core of a single syllable.

• Diphthong

• Rounded vowels

• Vowels

In a diphthong, the first vowel does the __(1)__ and the second vowel does the ____.

• walking

• talking