SHS 250 Final Exam – Questions & Accurate
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A consonant made in the back is replaced with one made in the front
Example: "tat" for "cat."
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1 Vowel Quadrilateral 2 Retentive Assimilation
3 Morpheme 4 Fronting
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Terms in this set (98)
Vowel Quadrilateral Chart showing where vowels are produced
(high/low, front/back, tense/lax,
rounded/unrounded).
Consonant Chart Chart of consonants by place, manner, and voicing.
, Non-English Phoneme A sound not used in English.
/ø/ — rounded front vowelExample: French “peu.”
Phoneme Smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between
morphemes
Morpheme Smallest unit of meaning
Ex: in, come, -ing = incoming
Vowel Reduction Unstressed vowels become centralized (often /ə/).
Diphthong A vowel that glides from one position to another.
Monophthongization Alteration of a diphthong to a pure vowel; that is, loss
of the dynamic phonetic quality of a diphthong
Allophones Variants of a phoneme that do not change meaning.
Complementary Distribution a term used to describe two or more allophones of a
particular phoneme that occur in mutually exclusive
phonetic contexts (predictable)
Free Variation Allophones that may be exchanged for one another
in a particular phonetic context (not predictable,
based upon speaker)
Anticipatory Assimilation A sound changes due to a later sound.
Retentive Assimilation A sound keeps a feature from a previous sound.
Broad Transcription General, phonemic, uses slashes / /.
Narrow Transcription Detailed, phonetic, uses brackets [ ].
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A consonant made in the back is replaced with one made in the front
Example: "tat" for "cat."
Choose an answer
1 Vowel Quadrilateral 2 Retentive Assimilation
3 Morpheme 4 Fronting
Don't know?
Terms in this set (98)
Vowel Quadrilateral Chart showing where vowels are produced
(high/low, front/back, tense/lax,
rounded/unrounded).
Consonant Chart Chart of consonants by place, manner, and voicing.
, Non-English Phoneme A sound not used in English.
/ø/ — rounded front vowelExample: French “peu.”
Phoneme Smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between
morphemes
Morpheme Smallest unit of meaning
Ex: in, come, -ing = incoming
Vowel Reduction Unstressed vowels become centralized (often /ə/).
Diphthong A vowel that glides from one position to another.
Monophthongization Alteration of a diphthong to a pure vowel; that is, loss
of the dynamic phonetic quality of a diphthong
Allophones Variants of a phoneme that do not change meaning.
Complementary Distribution a term used to describe two or more allophones of a
particular phoneme that occur in mutually exclusive
phonetic contexts (predictable)
Free Variation Allophones that may be exchanged for one another
in a particular phonetic context (not predictable,
based upon speaker)
Anticipatory Assimilation A sound changes due to a later sound.
Retentive Assimilation A sound keeps a feature from a previous sound.
Broad Transcription General, phonemic, uses slashes / /.
Narrow Transcription Detailed, phonetic, uses brackets [ ].
