Phonetics Exam 1 Questions and Solutions graded A+

Phonetics Exam 1 Questions and Solutions graded A+ the study of the production and perception of speech sounds phonetics how many speech sounds does the word phone have? 3 speech sounds f- o- n what is the international phonetic alphabet a way to transcribe the speech patterns that your clients are using used to represent the sounds of words, not their spellings international phonetic alphabet each symbol is mapped to a unique alphanumeric code code point an alphabet that contains a separate letter for each individual sound in a language is called phonetic alphabet different letter sequences or patterns that represent the same sound allograph allograph examples lOOp thrOUgh frUIt canOE a pair of letters that represent one sound. they may be the same two letters or two completely different letters digraphs digraph with the same two letters digraph with two different letters -hOOt -SHoe, CHair, THrew, tiSSue, trIEd what are some silent letter examples gnome pneumonia plumb comb the smallest unit of language capable of carrying meaning morpheme morphemes that can stand alone and still carry meaning free morphemes what are free morpheme examples book, music, press bound to to other words and carry no meaning when they stand alone bound morphemes what are some bound morpheme exmaples -ing pre- re- -s -ure specific speech sounds that can signal a difference in meaning phoneme specialized phonetic symbols used in transcriptions to represent allophonic productions as well as suprasegmental features diacritical markings words that vary by only one phoneme are called minimal pairs or minimal contrasts initial phoneme change for the word book look final phoneme change for the word cat can other examples of minimal pairs with spelling that shows more than one letter change hear/tear through/brew clip/click members of a phoneme family that are actually variant pronunciations of a particular phoneme. these variant pronunciations are called allophones allophone production that is tied to a particular phonetic environment complementary distribution allophone production not linked to a phonetic context free variation two allophones of /k/ - /k/ in the word kid /k/ in the word could all the consonants that precede a vowel onset divided into the nucleus and coda rhyme typically a vowel nucleus single consonants or consonant clusters that follow the nucleus of a syllable coda amount of emphasis placed on a sound, syllable, or word stress emphasis places on a sound, syllable, or word because we want to draw attention to it contrastive stress underlying stress pattern within a word lexical stress stress on the syllable with the most emphasis primary stress indicates a word' syntactic category grammatical stress printed letters graphemes ends in a vowel sound open syllable ends in a consonant sound closed syllable how many phonemes are in the word: queen 4 how many phonemes are in the word: christine 7 how many phonemes are in the word: thought 3 how many phonemes are in the word: ripped 4 how many phonemes are in the word: treats 5 how many phonemes are in the word: 3 3 how many phonemes are in the word: diskette 6 how many phonemes are in the word: extra 6 how many phonemes are in the word: window 5 how many phonemes are in the word: toledo 6 how many phonemes are in the word: received 6 how many phonemes are in the word: sprints 7 # of morpheme and state bound morpheme: lasting 2 -ing # of morpheme and state bound morpheme: wonders 2 -s # of morpheme and state bound morpheme: ideas 2 -s # of morpheme and state bound morpheme: misplaced 3 mis- -ed is maybe and baby a minimal pair yes is plaid and prod a minimal pair no is looks and lacks a minimal pair yes is mail and mailed a minimal pair no is prance and prince a minimal pair yes is bribe and tribe a minimal pair yes is smart and dart a minimal pair no is shout and pout a minimal piar yes is window and minnow a minimal pair no is lumpy and bumpy a minimal pair yes for the capitalized syllables indicate wheter they are open or closed:marBLE closed for the capitalized syllables indicate wheter they are open or closed: PREvious opened syllable shape of the word: cat CVC syllable shape of the word: cats CVCC syllable shape of the word: catch CVC