LHE3218 topic 4

"These are sounds formed with the upper teeth and the lower lip"

What are these sounds?

• Bilabials

• Labiodentals

• Dentals

• Alveolars

Answer explanation

Examples of labiodentals are the [f] and [v] sounds

These are all alveolar sounds, except...

• [t]

• [s]

• [d]

• [k]

Answer explanation

Alveolars are formed with the front part of the tongue on the alveolar ridge

These are all manners of articulation, except...

• Stop/Plosive

• Affricate

• Glottal

• Nasal

Answer explanation

A glottal is a sound that is produced without the actise use of the tongue or any parts of the mouth. The sound is [h]

These are all minimal pairs, except...

• hair/fair

• fought/foot

• big/bag

• car/bat

Answer explanation

A minimal pair is when two words are identical in form except for a contrast in one phoneme occurring in the same position

The process of not pronouncing a sound segment that might be present in the deliberately careful pronunciation of a word in isolation (or basically the deletion of a sound) is...

• Elision

• Assimilation

• Clustering

• Phonotactics

Answer explanation

Examples of elision include the deletion of [d] in friendship and handbag. This commonly happens when people are speaking fast.

The words "brunch", "infotainment" and "Manglish" are all examples of...

• Clipping

• Coinage

• Blending

• Compounding

Answer explanation

Blending is when you combine two separate words to produce a single new term. In this situation, only part of the words are used. On the other hand, compounding is when two separate words are joined, such as "doorknob" and "fingerprint".

Which is an example of a homonym?

• right/write

• bat/bat

• flower/rose

• big/small

Answer explanation

Homonyms are words that can have two or more unrelated meanings, such as bank and pupil.

These are all examples of person deixis, except...

• Him

• Them

• There

• Those idiots

Answer explanation

Deixis are words that we can only understand in terms of the speaker's intended meaning. Examples include spatial deixis such as "there" and "here" as well as temporal deixis such as "tomorrow" and "now".