The Sound Patterns of English

What is the study of how speech sounds are made and perceived including the physical properties of speech sounds?

• Phonetics

• Phonology

• Morphology

• Syntax

What is the smallest unit of sound that can be used to distinguish between two words?

(a)  

What is a pair or groups of words that differ by a single phoneme occurring in the same position and have different meanings called?

• Minimalization

• Minimal pairs

• Minimalism

• Minimal sets

What are the rules of permitted arrangements of sounds in a language called?

What is the most necessary phoneme in a syllable?

(a)  

What are two words that are identical in form except for a contrast in one phoneme in the same position in each word described as?

What is the combination /str/ used as an onset in the word stream?

What is the process of pronouncing [ɪŋkəmplit] for incomplete known as?

What is the pronunciation of the word temperature as [tɛmprəʧər] instead of [tɛmpərəʧər] described as?

• Elision

• Nasalization

• Velarization

• total assimilation