Phonetics

What is the term for a single sound composed of a stop portion and a fricative portion?

• Affricate

• Lateral sound

• Fricative

• Approximant

Which consonant completely cuts off the airflow through the mouth?

• Stop

   

• Affricate

• Approximant

• Fricative

What is the term for sounds which involve airflow around the side of the tongue?

• Lateral sounds

• Nasal stops

• Central sounds

• Oral stops

In a labiodental consonant, the lower lip approaches or touches the . . .

• Upper teeth

• Hard palate

• Alveolar ridge

• Soft palate

In a palatal consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches the . . .

• Hard palate

• Upper teeth

• Soft palate

• Alveolar ridge

In a dental consonant, the tip or blade of the tongue approaches or touches the...

• Upper teeth

• Soft palate

• Alveolar ridge

• Hard palate

In a postalveolar consonant, the constriction is made immediately behind the. . .

• Alveolar ridge

• Upper teeth

• Soft palate

• Hard palate

Which one of the following is not a place of articulation?

• Fricative

• Bilabial

• Velar

• Palatal

One of a closely related set of sounds of a phoneme is . . .

• Allophones

• Phonetics

• Syntax

• Semantics

Two well-known co-articulation effects are . . .

• assimilation and elision

• Phonology and Phonetics

• stress and intonation

• syntax and grammar