Phonetics and phonology

Phonetics is the study of the system of speech sounds of a language or group of languages.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Phonology is the study of the system of speech sounds of a language or group of languages, whereas phonetics is the study of sounds of speech as physical events.

Match the type of phonetics study with the appropriate term:

• Auditory phonetics

• measuring and analysing the perception of speech sounds

• Acoustic phonetics

• measuring and analysing the waveforms and spectrograms of speech production

• Articulatory phonetics

• measuring and analysing images of speech movements

Phonetics allows the use of a written alphabet to represent speech sounds to reflect their spelling.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Phonetics allows the use of a sound-based alphabet to represent speech sounds (called transcription).

Where does the Speech Production Mechanism start?

• The lungs

• The larynx

• The back of the mouth

• The lips

What airstream do we use for speech?

• Ingressive Pulmonic

• Ingressive Breathing

• Egressive Pulmonic

• Egressive Breathing

What is the space between the vocal folds called?

• vocal space

• windpipe

• adams apple

• glottis

What is the name of the opening between the nasal and oral cavities?

Match the types of sounds to their place of articulation:

• velar

• both lips

• dental

• tongue and hard palate

• palatal

• sides of tongue

• bilabial

• tongue and soft palate

• lateral

• upper teeth and tongue

Organise the sounds by their place of articulation:

Groups:

(a) Labio-dental

,

(b) Alveolar

,

(c) Post-alveolar

,

(d) Velar

• /ʃ/

• /g/

• /k/

• /v/

• /n/

• /tʃ/

• /t/

• /s/

• /z/

• /d/

• /f/

• /dʒ/

• /ʒ/

Label the places of articulation

h

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

lips

teeth

uvula

alveolar ridge

pharynx

velum

hard palate

glottis