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WorksheetsIntroduction to Phonology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
This is a branch of phonetics that deals with speech production.
Acoustic
Auditory
Articulatory
These are the crucial landmarks of the upper vocal tract, except one;
The upper lip
The hard palate
The uvula
Bronchial tubes
It is one of the places of articulation wherein the tongue tip curled back past the alveolar ridge
Retroflex
Labio-dental
Palatal
Velar
It is the smallest phonological unit that signals a difference in meaning.
Which of the following ideas does variation pertain to?
The same but different
The same and different
Both are the same
Both are different
It is an alternative pronunciation of a word that makes a difference in its pronunciation and meaning from another word.
Variation
Free Variation
Phoneme
Phonology
It is the smallest unit of sound in a word that makes a difference in its pronunciation and meaning from another word.
Variation
Free Variation
Phoneme
Phonology
Why do differences between units matter?
because the sound might be inappropriate
because the sound will cause misunderstanding
because replacing one with another will cause a different meaning to be conveyed in another language
because replacing one with another will cause incorrect spelling
If the sounds are not in complementary distribution and substituting one sound for the other changes the meaning, what is the phonemic status of the two sounds?
They are graphemes, some abstract unit.
They are allophones of the same phoneme.
They are in free variation.
They belong to two separate phonemes.
This is the term used to regard for "speaking humans"
