Phonetics

1. 1. What distinguishes ejectives from implosives in terms of airstream mechanism?

• A. Ejectives use pulmonic ingressive airflow

• B. Implosives are produced with glottalic egressive airstream

• C. Ejectives use glottalic egressive airflow, while implosives use glottalic ingressive airflow

• D. Both ejectives and implosives use velaric airstream mechanisms

2.  In which of the following languages are click consonants contrastive?

• A. Hindi

      

       

• B. Zulu

• C. Turkish

    

• D. Russian

3. 3. The primary articulatory difference between [ʃ] and [s] is:

• A. Voicing

• B. Place of articulation

• C. Airstream mechanism

• D. Secondary articulation

4. 4. What does the IPA diacritic [  ̥ ] placed beneath a symbol indicate?

• 4. A. Nasalization

• 4. B. Voicelessness

• 4. C. Stress

• 4. D. Retroflexion

5. 5. Which IPA symbol represents a voiced alveolar lateral approximant?

• 5. A. [l]

• 5. B. [ɫ]

• 5. C. [ʎ]

• 5. D. [ʟ]

6. 6. What does the tilde diacritic [ ˜ ] above a vowel indicate in IPA?

• A. Length

•   B. Nasalization

• C. Stress

• 6. D. Centralization

7. 7. The symbol [ʔ] in IPA stands for:

• 7. A. A retroflex plosive

• 7. B. A voiced

• 7. C. An epiglottal trill

• D. A glottal stop

8. 8. What is the IPA symbol for a high front unrounded tense vowel?

• A. [ɪ]

• B. [e]

• C.[i]

• 8.     D. [ɛ]

9. 9. A consonant produced with a single rapid contact of the articulators is called a

10. 10. The "dark l" in English, often found in syllable-final position, is an example of a __________________ lateral approximant