Phonology quiz

which word is a height vowel?

• Freezer

• wrap

• row

• said

which word is a frontness vowel

• had

• clue

• row

• slow

which is a backness vowel?

• cell

• kind

• call

• tree

The three criteria that linguists use when describing vowel sounds are height, backness, and roundedness

• True

• False

the sound /u:/ is a high back rounded vowel

• false

• true

the sound /a:/ is an example of the high vowel

• true

• false

in high vowels, such as [i] and [u] the tongue is positioned high in the mouth

• true

• false

which word is a height vowel?

• gall

• said

• wrap

• shoes

where is the position of the tongue in the frontness and blackness vowel?

• From back to front

• from front to back

• from top to back

• from bottom to front

Where is the backness vowel is produced?

• the back of the tongue is in the back of the mouth

• the front of the tongue is in the back of the mouth

• the back of the tongue is in the front of the mouth

• the front of the tongue is in the front of the mouth