Question 1

The study of phonetics…

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Deals with speech inventory and the articulatory properties of sounds

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Discovers patterns of sounds across languages to formulate rules

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Investigates how sounds function in context

Question 2

The field of phonology…

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Discovers patterns of sounds across languages to formulate rules and investigates how sounds function in  context

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Aims to describe the articulatory properties of sounds

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Deals with speech inventory

Question 3

The term phonotactic knowledge refers to…

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The restrictions of one’s knowledge of how possible it is for a given sequence of sounds to constitute a word.

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how speakers make sounds in a phonotactic way

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how sounds travel in the air to be acustically salient

Question 4

What is the scope of segmental phonology?

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The study of sound inventory and its features

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The study of phonotactic restrictions of possible sounds

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The study of word prominence, tone and intonation

Question 5

What is the scope of suprasegmental phonology?

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The study of word prominence, tone, and intonation

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The study of sound inventory and its features

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The study of phonotactic restrictions of possible sounds

Question 6

Consonants are classified by…

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Voicing, manner, and place of articulation

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Part of the tongue, position of the tongue and lip rounding

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how the air goes up the windpipe (trachea) and into the larynx and out of the body through the vocal tract

Question 7

Vowels classified by…

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Part of the tongue, position of the tongue, and lip rounding

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Voicing, manner and place of articulation

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How the air goes up the windpipe (trachea) and into the larynx and out of the body through the vocal tract

Question 8

What does it mean by “voiceless or unvoiced” sound?

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The glottis is open and there is no vibration of the vocal cords

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The articulators are closed and there is no vibration of the vocal cords

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The glottis is closed and there is vibration of the vocal cords

Question 9

The term “manner of articulation” refers to…

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The way in which the airstream is modified in the vocal tract

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The different adjustments of the glottis

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Parts of the vocal tract that are used to produce a sound

Question 10

The concept place of articulation refers to…

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Parts of the vocal tract that are used to produce a sound

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The way in which the airstream is modified in the vocal tract

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The different adjustments of the glottis

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