Review on Phonetics and Phonology

What is Phonology?

• The study of rhythm, pitch, volume, and intonation

• The study of the sound system of a particular language

• The study of the telephone

• Refers to cultural rules of a community

What does phonetics refer to?

• The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

• A condition where you are constantly attached to your phone

• Areas such as rhythm, pitch, volume, and intonation

• Study of sounds on an individual basis and how they are articulated

What type of sounds belong to the consonant group called fricatives?

• b, p, t, d, k, g

• m, n, ŋ

• f, v, s, z, ʃ

• r, j, w

What type of sounds belong to the consonant group called plosives?

• r, j, w

• b, p, t, d, k, g

• m, n, ŋ

• tʃ, dʒ

What type of sounds belong to the consonant group called approximants?

• r, j, w

• tʃ, dʒ

• m, n, ŋ

• b, p, t, d, k, g

An example of a voiceless affricate is ...

• /tʃ/

• /f/

• /m/

• /ʃ/

What is a correct transcription of "jumping"?

• [jʌmpɪŋ]

• [ʤʌmpɪŋ]

• [jʌmpɪng]

• [ʤʌmpɪng]

Two sound segments are different phonemes in a language if ...

• they are pronounced differently

• they are allophones of each other

• replacing one with the other in a word makes a minimal pair

• they are variants of an allophone

A liquid or glide consonant, such as /r/ or /w/ cannot be ...

• the nucleus of a syllable

• the onset of a syllable

• voiceless

• voiced

A diphthong is ...

• a complex vowel sound

• two vowel sounds in a row

• a single phoneme

• a mid vowel