
Phonology: Review
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All these statements about Phonology are correct except for .........................
..................... Phonetics deals with the physical features of human speech sounds as transmitted between the mouth of the speaker and the ear of the listener.
Which statement is correct?
Phonology researchers use spectrogram machines to make human speech sounds visible.
Allophonic variation is not distinctive as the substitution of one allophone for another does not lead to any change in meaning.
All these statements are wrong except for .........................................
Aspirated [t] in the word "talk" and unspirated [t] in the word "stop" are the .............. of the sound /t/.
....................... Phonetics deals with teaching and learning both segmental phonemes and suprasegmental features.
The inadequacy of English orthography could be represented by all of the following options except for ..................
IPA provides a consistent and reliable way to represent speech sounds as in IPA, there is not always a one-to-one correspondence between the symbols and the sounds they represent.
The airstream mechanism is called pulmonic egressive as it involves ...............
This bony ridge located just behind the upper front teeth is called ..................
When the soft palate is lowered, it allows the air to pass through the nasal cavity for producing sounds such as /m/ and /n/.
Which statement is true about trachea?
The vocal tract includes .....................................
The space between the two vocal folds is called larynx used for the production of the sound "glottal stop" in the word "bottle".
The small, fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate is called ...............
When vocal cords are held loosely together, vocal cords vibrate and we can produce voiced sounds such as /b/ in the word "bank" and "z" in the word "zoo".
When the vocal cords are wide open, .........................................
Which statement about the primary systems of human speech production is incorrect?
If you put your fingers in the region where the larynx is located and produce a prolonged /s/ sound (s-s-s-s), you will feel there is a vibration in the vocal cords and this sound is a voiceless sound.
............................ is a small flap located in the throat that protects our voice box and helps us swallow.
Active articulators include .......................
Active articulators move toward passive articulators to create, amplify, and modify sounds.
Which statement is wrong?