Phonology

Which of the following plosives in English are always voiceless?

• b, d, g

• p, t, k

• p, b, t

• t, d, k

What is the noise produced when compressed air escapes during the release of a plosive called?

• Aspiration

• Voicing

• Plosion

• Closure

In English, a plosive preceded by s at the beginning of a word is:

• A. Aspirated

• B. Unaspirated

• C. Fully voiced

• D. Glottal

Which articulators are used to produce velar plosives in English?

• Lips

• Tongue tip against alveolar ridge

• Back of tongue against hard/soft palate boundary

• Vocal cords

Which of the following statements about final consonants is correct?

• Voiceless final plosives shorten the preceding vowel.

• Voiced final plosives are always fully voiced.

• All final plosives are always exploded.

• Aspiration occurs in final plosives.

1. The bilabial plosives in English are ______.

• p, b

• t, d

• k, g

• f, v

The release phase of a plosive is when ______.

• air is allowed to escape after being compressed

• the vocal cords vibrate continuously

• the tongue touches the roof of the mouth

• the lips are rounded

Voiceless aspirated plosives occur at the beginning of a word, except when preceded by ______.

• s

• r

• l

• m

The final plosive in nap is ______, and it shortens the preceding vowel.

• voiceless

• nasal

• fricative

• voiced

The noise produced by air escaping during a plosive is called ______, while the puff of air in voiceless aspirated plosives is called ______.

• plosion; aspiration

• aspiration; plosion

• frication; nasalization

• nasalization; frication