Introduction to Phonetics

The main domain of Phonetics is...

• the consonant sounds

• the system of speech sounds humans produce with their vocal apparatus.

• the processes involved in perceiving and understanding what the other person says when talking.

• the study of the physical properties of speech sounds using laboratory instruments.

The three main branches of phonetics are:

• phonology, acoustic phonetics and articulatory phonetics.

• manner of articulation, place of articulation and organs of speech.

• acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics and articulatory phonetics

• IPA, consonant sounds and vowel sounds

Auditory phonetics is concerned with...

• the study of speech production.

• the study of speech perception.

• the study of the physical properties of speech sounds.

• the ways in which languages make use of sounds to distinguish words from each other.

Speech sounds are classified in two main categories according to whether or not there is vibration in the vocal folds. What are those two categories?

• Place of articulation

• Manner of articulation

• Monophthongs and diphthongs

• Voiced and voiceless

When the vocal cords are spread apart, the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded. Sounds produced this way are described as...

• vibrated

• neutral

• voiced

• voiceless

When the vocal cords are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect. Sounds produced in this way are described as...

• non-vibrated

• voiceless

• voiced

• neutral

Which is NOT a parameter phonetics use to describe consonants?

• It refers to the processes involved in a communication situation.

• The air stream mechanism

• The state of the glottis

• The place of articulation

• The manner of articulation

They are located inside the larynx and take two basic positions.

• pharynx

• larynx

• epiglottis

• vocal cords

Which is NOT an organ of speech?

• Oral cavity

• Glottal

• Tongue

• Larynx

• Vocal cords

The air is pushed out by the lungs upt to the trachea (windpipe) to the...

• glottis

• vocal cords

• larynx

• pharynx