SLHS 227 Exam 3 Review

Which English vowel can be represented by the following set of distinctive features?

[+ high +back -tense +rounded]

• [ʊ]

• [u]

• [o]

• [ɔ]

What is the English spelling for [slik]?

• slick

• sleek

• silk

• sick

Which of the following form a minimal pair?

• [tɪp] [tæb]

• [stip] [stæmp]

• [tɪp] [tæp]

• [tɪp] [trɪp]

How many nasals are in the sentence below?

Count each occurrence separately

[taɪgɚz me haɪd ɪn ðə renɪ dʒʌŋgəl]

• 3

• 5

• 2

• 4

Which of the following correctly describes the corresponding IPA symbol?

• mid, front, tense unrounded vowel [e]

• low central tense unrounded vowel [u]

• mid back lax rounded vowel [o]

• voiced palatal fricative [z]

In English, aspiration does not change the meaning of words. Therefore, in English, aspiration is:

• distinctive (phonemic)

• non-distinctive (non-phonemic)

• neither of these

• both of these

A diphthong is a sequence of two vowels to create a single phoneme

• true

• false

If you change the [-nasal] feature to [+nasal] in the sound [b], what sound do you get?

• [n]

• [m]

• [p]

• [ŋ]

Using rules for syllable onsets and phonotactic constraints of English, what is the correct syllabification of the word "elemental"

• el.im.ent.al

• e.li.men.tal

• el.i.ment.al

• e.lim.en.tal

Using rules for syllable onsets and phonotactic constraints of English, what is the correct syllabification of the word "segmentation"

• se.gme.nta.tion

• seg.men.tat.ion

• seg.men.ta.tion

• seg.ment.a.tion