Contrastive Phonology Units 8-9

The Spanish /b/ is ……………………between vowels.

• voiced, fricative, stop

• voiced, bilabial, stop

• voiceless, bilabial, stop

The English /d/

• voiced, apico alveolar, stop

• voiced / apico dental, stop

• voiceless /apico alveolar, stop

[' kæt ]   

• cat

• cut

• cot

[' li:v ]

• leave

• live

• life

[' ðeɪ ]      

• they

• day

• grey

[' nekst ]  

• next

• nest

• neck

thank

• [tʰaːŋkˈ ̄ ]

• [taːŋkˈ ̄ ]

• [taːŋ]

atack

• [əˈtækˈ ̄ ]

• [əˈtʰækˈ ̄ ]

• [aˈtækˈ ̄ ]

Fricatives [β, ð, ɣ] happen only in Spanish

• True

• False

Apico Alveolar means:

• Articulated with the apex of the tongue touching or near the alveolar ridge.

• Articulated with the apex of the tongue touching or near the soft palatal.

• Articulated with the apex of the tongue touching or near the upper teeth.