Chapter 5

How many speech sounds are in the word "BOX"?

(a)  

What is an allophone?

• A set of speech sound that is perceived to be variants of the same sound

• The various ways that a phoneme can be pronounced

• Two sounds with different meaning

The following words all contain the segment /k/. In which of them is it pronounced as the allophone [kʰ]?

• actually

• attic

• accomplish

• ask

How many phonemes are there in the English language?

(a)  

What is a phoneme?

• one of the 8 parts of speech

• a phone

• the individual units of sound that make up a word

• a word that makes you a better speller

Allophone is the variation of sound that distinguishes meanings.

• False

• True

A sound given in square brackets is a/an __________

• allophone

• phoneme

A minimal pair is two words with different meanings that are …………….. except for one sound segment that occurs in the same place in each word.

(a)  

When phonemes are transcribed, they are written between_________

• slanting lines
• square brackets

TONE and DONE is a minimal pair. 

• True

• False