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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 25mins
Difference between sonorants and obstruents
Obstruents have no restriction in airflow, and sonorants do.
Sonorants have no restriction in airflow, but obstruents do.
There are more sonorants than obstruents.
Obstruents can be subdivided into
approximants and fricatives
stops, affricates and nasals
stops, fricatives and affricates
Two examples of sonorant consonants are
/w/ and /m/
/l/ and /d/
/h/ and /j/
Obstruents
are typically voiced.
are only voiceless.
may have both voiced and voiceless counterparts.
Sonorant consonants can be subdivided into
affricates and nasals
approximants and nasals
stops and approximants
Which obstruents have the narrowest structures?
fricatives and affricates
stops and affricates
fricatives, affricates and stops
Where can a sound occur in a word?
only at the beginning a word
only at the end of a word
at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of a word
What are stops characterized by
only involving complete closure in the oral tract
involving complete closure in the oral tract and letting the airflow exit through the mouth
involving complete closure in the oral tract and preventing the airflow from exciting through the mouth
What name do oral stops receive?
continuants
approximants
plosives
How many pairs of voiced/voiceless stops does English have?
4
3
2
When there is a downward movement of the closed glottis, the resulting sound is a/an
click sound
implosive sound
ejective sound
The order of the 3 stages to produce pulmonic egressive oral stops are
release stage, closing stage and closure stage
closing stage, closure stage and release stage
closure stage, release stage and closing stage
What is the name of the release stage in the word "mitten?"
lateral release
nasal release
palatal release
Which word shows an example of a lateral release?
play
battle
clay
Where is glottalisation most likely to happen in voiceless stops?
in emphatic utterances
in questions
When the stop's neighboring sound has certain characteristics, the stop is going to be influenced by this. This is called
non-homorganic cluster
assimilation
neutralization
The distinction between "atom" and "Adam" is lost. This is called
assimilation
neutralization
homorganic stop
Which word contains an affricate?
show
television
joystick
Which two fricatives do not occur in ALL positions?
/ʒ/ and /h/
/v/ and /f/
/s/ and /f/
An example of devoicing in voiced fricatives is portrayed in which of the following two words?
saving
vest
When does the voiced labio-dental fricative [v] become voiceless?
word-initially
word-medially
word-finally when it precedes a voiceless obstruent
