The study of how different speech sounds are produced by the speaker and how these sounds are perceived by the hearer is called _______.

________ is the study of how sounds work in patterns in a particular language

Choose the correct statement:

The vocal tract does NOT include:

The construction of each of the individual speech sounds we produce is called ________.

Phonetically, the tongue can be divided into five different parts, namely tongue tip, tongue blade, tongue front, tongue back, and _______.

If the vocal cords are together, then the airflow has to force its way through the glottis, causing the vocal cords to vibrate. In this case, we have:

If the airflow travelling outwards from the lungs is stopped at some point in the mouth and subsequently released through the nose only, then sounds produced this way are ________.

The /m, n, ŋ / are three and only three ________ of the English language.

_______ sounds are articulated with the air passing freely through the mouth.

English consonants are classified based on three main dimensions: place of articulation, manner of articulation and _______.

Vowels differ from consonants in that they are articulated without any ________ of the airflow when it travels outwards from the lungs.

Applied linguists have concurred that there are five main dimensions based on which English vowels are classified, including:

What is a minimum distinctive sound unit that can distinguish the meaning of two words?

If two words are identical in every way except for two sounds in identical environments that create different meanings between the two words, they are called ________.

How many consonants are there in the English sound system?

How many vowels are there in the English sound system?

How many pure vowels are there in the English sound system?

How many tripthongs are there in the English sound system?

When the tongue back is raised to touch the soft palate in their production, what kind of sound do we have?

What kind of sound do we have when there are two or more consonants occurring together?

_____ involves articulating the vowel of a syllable longer and louder, which makes it stand out from the other syllables of a word or an utterance .

The variation in stress degree leads to three different levels of stress, including:

What does incorrect placement of word stress potentially result in?

How many function words are there in English that have both strong and weak forms?

When words are uttered together, a sound of one word may cause changes in that of a neighboring word. What phonetic phenomenon is this?

In some situations, sounds are omitted in an utterance. What phonetic phenomenon is this?

In natural fluent speech, we sometimes connect words together, producing a smooth transition from one word to another within an utterance. What phonetic phenomenon is this?

______ involves the rising and falling of the voice to various pitch levels during the articulation of an utterance.

With their choice of an intonation pattern in mind, a speaker may modify their speech rhythm by including adjustments of their volume and tempo to convey specific meaning in spoken discourse. What phonetic phenomenon is this?

In which kind of language does a substitution of one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme cause a change in the lexical meaning of that word or morpheme?

What kind of language does English belong to?

The most prominent syllable within a group or unit is called ________.

Choose the best statement.

In English intonation pattern, the ______ is used in many cases to signal incompleteness (i.e., the speaker has not yet finished talking).

What English intonation pattern is frequently used to signal partial agreement or reservation?

What English intonation pattern is frequently used to signal emphatic statements?

Which manner of articulation will the sound be produced with the airflow channeled into the nasal passages?

When the sounds are produced with the tongue blade raised to either touch or approach the area between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate, then what is it called?

__________ is a fundamental component of successful oral communication.

__________ is a string of words made from different sounds in the phonological system of a particular language.

__________ is the scientific description of speech sounds across languages.

__________ is the study of how sounds work in patterns in a particular language.

Voiced alveolopalatal affricate.

Aspirated voiceless bilabial stop.

Dentalized alveolar nasal.

Voiced velar stop.

Voiced bilabial nasal.

There are some similarities between /b/ and /p/. Both are __________ sounds.

There is a difference between /b/ and /p/. Particularly, /b/ is __________ sound while /p/ is __________ one.

There are some similarities between /s/ and /z/. Both are __________ sounds.

There is a difference between /s/ and /z/. Particularly, /s/ is __________ sound while /z/ is __________ one.

There are some similarities between /m/ and /n/. Both are __________ sounds.

There is a difference between /m/ and /n/. Particularly, /m/ is __________ sound while /n/ is __________ one.

A high long back tense monophthong is __________.

A mid short front monophthong is __________.

A low long back monophthong is __________.

A low short central monophthong is __________.

/ei/ is a __________ diphthong.

There are some similarities between /i:/ and /ɪ/. Both are __________ vowels.

There are some similarities between /u:/ and /ɑ:/. Both are __________ vowels.

There are some differences between /u:/ and /ɑ:/. Particularly, /u:/ is __________ vowel while /ɑ:/ is __________ one.

There are some differences between /ɔ:/ and /ɒ/. Particularly, /ɔ:/ is __________ vowel while /ɒ/ is __________ one.

There are some similarities between /æ/ and /ʌ/. Both are __________ vowels.

There are some differences between /e/ and /ə/. Particularly, /e/ is __________ vowel while /ə/ is __________ one.

__________ are classified based on three main dimensions: place of articulation, manner of articulation, and voicing.

The consonants /p, b, m, w/ are called __________.

The /t, d, n, l, s, z/ are called __________ sounds.

The alveo-palatals include __________ sounds.

The sounds called oral stops include __________ consonants.

The sounds called fricatives include __________ consonants.

All English stops, fricatives and affricates are __________ sounds.

Nasals and approximants are __________ sounds.

The velar consonants include __________ sounds.

A __________ is a minimum distinctive sound unit that can distinguish the meaning of two words.

Any of the phonetic variants of a phoneme are called __________.

Two words that differ from each other at only one sound segment in their pronunciation are called __________.

__________ provide much more accurate phonetic information about the phoneme in words.

What are the short vowels in BBC pronunciation?

What are the centring diphthongs in BBC pronunciation?

What are the closing diphthongs ending in /ʊ/ in BBC pronunciation?

What are the criteria used to classify English vowels?

What is the uvula?

What does "homorganic" means?

What does "egressive" means?

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which of the following statements is correct?

What is the soft palate is also called?

What are the long vowels in BBC pronunciation?

What are the closing diphthongs ending in /ɪ/ in BBC pronunciation?

What are the triphthongs ending in /ə/ in BBC pronunciation?

What are the criteria used to classify English consonants?

What is the glottis?

What does "pulmonic" means?

Which of the following statements is correct?