The term diphthong refers to:
A. Two articulatory positions for one phoneme
B. One articulatory position for one phoneme
C. A phoneme with two meanings
D. An allophonic variation correct answers A
Vowels are described using the following terms:
A. Tongue body, lip configuration, vocal tract...
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The term diphthong refers to:
A. Two articulatory positions for one phoneme
B. One articulatory position for one phoneme
C. A phoneme with two meanings
D. An allophonic variation correct answers A
Vowels are described using the following terms:
A. Tongue body, lip configuration, vocal tract
B. Lip configuration, tense/lax, resonance
C. Tongue height and advancement, tense/lax, lip configuration
D. Tongue height and advancement, lip configuration, resonance correct answers C
In English, tense vowels ___:
A. Only end a stressed open syllable
B. Only occur in closed syllables
C. Occur in closed syllables and stressed open syllables
D. Occur in either stressed or unstressed open syllables correct answers C
Rounded lips change the resonance of the vocal tract by:
A. Obstructing the vocal tract
B. Shortening the vocal tract
C. Lengthening the vocal tract
D. This posture does not change the resonance of the vocal tract correct answers C
Vowels are ____:
A. Phonemes produced with nasal air emission
B. Free morphemes that are produced in the vocal tract
C. Phonemes that are produced by vocal tract constrictions that modify the breath stream
coming from the larynx
D. Phonemes that are produced without any appreciable constriction or blockage of airflow in
the vocal tract correct answers D
This is the primary articulator in the production of vowels:
A. Velum
B. Palate
C. Lips
D. Tongue correct answers D
How many diphthongs do not exist in a monophthongal form?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5 correct answers B
The front vowels are:
A. Lax
B. Tense
C. Unrounded
, D. Rounded correct answers C
Tongue advancement refers to:
A. Front, central, low
B. Front, central, back
C. Formant, F1, F2
D. High, mid, low correct answers B
The vowel quadrilateral represents:
A. Formants for vowel production: F1 and F2
B. Lip configuration
C. The height and placement of the tongue for English vowel production
D. A spectrum of the English vowels correct answers C
The phoneme /i/, as in "eat" is a:
A. Back vowel
B. Rhotic vowel
C. Central vowel
D. Front vowel correct answers D
The phoneme /u/, as in "clue" is a:
A. Rhotic vowel
B. Back vowel
C. Central vowel
D. Front vowel correct answers B
Vowel nasalization occurs when:
A. the velum is raised (closed) due to a nasal consonant
B. the speaker has a cold
C. the velum is lowered (open) due to a nasal consonant
D. The oral cavity is constricted correct answers C
Which back vowel is not produced by all American English and therefore difficult to learn to
hear?
A. /ɑ/
B. /ʊ/
C. /ɔ/
D. /o/ correct answers C
When is the /͡eɪ/ diphthong used?
A. For any long A sound
B. When the long A sound is the stressed syllable
C. When the long A sound is the final sound of the word
D. B and C correct answers D
Consonants are ______:
A. Phonemes produced with nasal air emission
B. Free morphemes that are produced in the vocal tract
C. Phonemes that are produced without any appreciable constriction or blockage of air flow
in the vocal tract
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