Phonetics and Phonology Quiz

what is an allophone?

is this an example of an allophone? - the different ways a British English and American English speaker pronounce the "t" in water

• yes

• no

• banana

The /l/ sound is pronounced ___________ in ‘love' and in ‘wool'. These two words contain allophones of the phoneme /l/

• exactly the same

• differently - tongue position changes

• differently - lip position changes

what is a phoneme?

what's the difference between phonemic and phonetic transcription?

• Phonemic transcription captures the phonemes of a language, while phonetic transcription captures the actual sounds produced by a speaker.
• Phonemic transcription captures the accents of a language, while phonetic transcription captures the typical way a speaker says a word/sound.

• Phonemic transcription captures the written form of a language, while phonetic transcription captures the spoken form.

what does IPA stand for?

• International Phonetic Alphabet

• International Phonemes Alphabet

• International Phonetic Association

what is a grapheme?

what is narrow transcription?

• Narrow transcription uses the IPA to represent how most speakers of a language say a word.

• Narrow transcription is a method of writing in a very small font size
• Narrow transcription is detailed - has specific details about pronunciation, such as aspiration, nasalization.

what is broad transcription?

• Broad transcription uses the IPA to represent how most speakers of a language say a word.

• We do broad transcription in this first year class.

• Narrow transcription is detailed - has specific details about pronunciation, such as aspiration, nasalization.

where is the primary stress in this word: jungle?

• /ˈdʒʌŋɡl/ - on the first syllable

• /ˈdʒʌŋɡl/ - on the second syllable

• /dʒʌŋɡˈl/ - on the second syllable