Obstruents and Sonorants

Which group do plosives, affricates, and fricatives fall into?

• Obstruents

• Sonorants

• Vowels

• Approximants

What is the term for voiceless obstruents shortening sonorants that precede them in the same syllable?

• Devoicing

• Obstruction

• Pre-fortis clipping

• Fortis weakening

When do English voiced obstruents become partially or fully devoiced?

• When in isolation

• When occurring between vowels

• Before and after a pause and before and after a voiceless consonant

• When preceded by a voiced consonant

What is the term used for the least consonant-like consonants involving a lesser degree of obstruction?

• Vowels

• Approximants

• Sonorants

• Obstruents

What is the phenomenon termed when voiceless obstruents shorten sonorants that precede them in the same syllable?

• Fortis weakening

• Obstruction

• Devoicing

• Pre-fortis clipping

Which group of consonants are the most consonant-like involving the greatest degree of obstruction to the airstream?

• Vowels

• Obstruents

• Sonorants

• Approximants

The term fortis means___

Voiceless consonants are articulated more forcefully than voiced consonants.

• True

• False

Voiced obstruents are fully voiced when they occur between___

When devoicing occurs, there is no difference between pairs of voiced and voiceless obstruents.

• True

• False