Select the voiceless consonants

True or False

Minimal pairs is when two different allophones in a phonemic environment can replace each other without altering the meaning of the word

Theory of the origins of language that explains how rimitive words derive from imitations of the natural sounds that early men and women heard around them

This theory discusses the idea that there’s a connection between physical gestures and orally produced sounds

Theory that claims that language is a system of functionally related units: the phonological, grammatical, and semantic structures of a language.

This theory sees language is a system in which all the elements fit together and the value of any one element depends on the simultaneous coexistence of all the others.

Place of articulation of the following consonsnts /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /tʃ/ and /dʒ/

A phoneme is...

True or False

Dissimilation is a phonological process in which two close sounds, similar consonants or vowels, change to become less alike.

the process of the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth.

when a preceding sound has an effect on a following one.

occurs when the final sound of the preceding word becomes similar to initial word. In other words, a following sound has an effect on a preceding one.

What is the place of articulation of the following consonants? /θ/ and /ð/

The phonetically distinct variants of a phoneme is called...

Sub-field of phonetics that looks at the physical characteristics of speech sounds.

Phonological process in which a sound changes to resemble a nearby sound.

What word has the consonant tʃ ?

A voiced alveolar consonant

A post-alveolar voiceless consonant

Sub-field of Phonetics that studies how speech sounds are produced

Phonological process in which a sound is added to a word

Phonological process in which a sound is made stronger

Phonological process in which sounds switch places in the phonemic structure of a word