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German Diction

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this symbol?

(a)  

2.

What is the symbol for the length diacritic?

(a)  

3.

ä is pronounced...

a)

[a]

b)

[æ]

c)

[ɛ]

4.

[ç] is triggered by what kind of vowels?

a)

front OR mixed vowel

b)

back vowel

5.

Draw the IPA symbol for the voiceless prepalatal fricative. (Hint: it is triggered by a sch-, st-, sp-)

6.

Transcribe Aal.

(a)  

7.

Transcribe Träume.

(a)  

8.

[x] is triggered by what kind of vowel?

a)

front or mixed vowel

b)

back vowel

9.

Draw a vowel quadrilateral with the four cardinal vowels and the neutral vowel.

10.

What is the symbol for the stress diacritic?

(a)  

11.

What is the string of [i]/[ɪ] exception words? (There are 6).

4 lines
12.

True or false: A mixed vowel maintains the same sound over its entire duration.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or false: A diphthong maintains the same sound over its entire duration.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

How do you transcribe words spelled with "ei-"

a)

b)

c)

15.

[y:] has an [i:] tongue and (a)   lips

16.

[Y] has an [ɪ] tongue and (a)   lips

17.

[øː] has [e:] tongue and (a)   lips

18.

[œ] has an [ɛ] tongue and (a)   lips

19.

Give the categorization (in order) for [ ʃ ]

(a)  

20.

Select all options that fall under MANNER of articulation:

a)

stop

b)

bilabial

c)

fricative

d)

affricate

e)

dental

21.

Select all options that fall under POINT of articulation

a)

nasal

b)

labiodental

c)

dental

d)

lateral

e)

alveolar

22.

What is the name of this symbol? [x]

(a)  

23.

Fill in the missing exceptions: bin in (blank) hin (blank) mit

(*** separate answers with a comma)

(a)