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- 1. Multiple Choice
_________smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another.
Phonetic
Allophone
Phoneme
Word
- 2. Multiple Choice
It is variation in pronunciation of a phoneme without affecting its meaning.
Allophone
Variant
Vocal organ
Langauge
- 3. Multiple Choice
The scientific study of language.
Phonetic
Phonology
Linguistics
Phomophones
- 4. Multiple Choice
______________is a structure built of cartilage. Its main purpose is as a kind of valve to stop things going down into the lungs.
The larynx
The velum
The vocal folds
The tongue
- 5. Multiple Choice
This subdiscipline of linguistis studies the sounds of speech.
Articulatory phonetics
Acoustic phonetics
Phonology
Phonetics
- 6. Multiple Choice
This subdiscipline of linguistics studies the sound systems.
Phonetics
Phonology
Phoneme
Semantic
- 7. Multiple Choice
The larynx contains the vocal cords.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
The space between the folds...
Pharynx
Glottis
Vibration
Soft palate
- 9. Multiple Choice
Air can exit the vocal tract through the nose or the mouth. This is controlled by the position of the....
Tongue
Soft palate
Adam´s apple
Vocal cords
- 10. Multiple Choice
Studies how speech sounds are made in the body. Taking into account the organs that interact in order to produce these sounds.
Auditory phonetics
Acoustic phonetis
Articulatory phonetics
Vocal organs
- 11. Multiple Choice
It is also called ¨the windpipe¨
The nostrils
The trachea
The lungs
The larynx
- 12. Multiple Choice
Sounds are nasal..
If the velum is lowered, air flows through the nasal cavities, and out through the nostrils.
when the air flows through the mouth.
when the nasal cavities are blocked off.
when the lungs are not moving.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Sounds with airflow exiting through the mouth are called...
nasal sounds
vocal organs
oral sounds/ oral airflow
vocal tract
- 14. Multiple Choice
____________are the parts of the oral tract that are used in producing speech sounds.
Organs
Place of articulation
Oral cavity
Articulators
- 15. Multiple Choice
Articulators are the parts of the oral tract that are used in producing speech sounds.
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
It is the bony ridge behind the upper teeth.
Soft palate
The alveolar ridge
The lower teeth
The upper vocal tract
- 17. Multiple Choice
The represention of speech sounds.
Auditory phonetics
Alphabet
Phonetic transcription
letters
- 18. Multiple Choice
Two letters or characters that make a single sound when pronounced.
Plosive sound
homophones
Homograph
Digraph
- 19. Multiple Choice
The tongue is a passive articulator in sounds like [s t n], since it moves up to behind the teeth.
False
True
- 20. Multiple Choice
The IPA
International Phonetic Articulators
International Phonetic Alphabet
Internal Phonetic Acquisition
Internal Parts Added
- 21. Multiple Choice
Phonetics is divided into 3 types ariculatory, acoustic and semantic.
- 22. Multiple Choice
If the vocal folds are close to each other the sound produced is…
Voiceless
Voiced
Frontal
Dynamic sound
- 23. Multiple Choice
The resonance of the vocal folds is called…
Voicing
Sounds
Letters
Intensity
- 24. Multiple Choice
To produce voiceless sounds the vocal cords should be…
Close together
Wide open
Behind the tongue
In the larynx
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