SHS 250 Study Guide Exam #1 Questions with correct
answers
Second vowel sound in donate - ✔✔/e/
Vowel sound in hid - ✔✔/ɪ/
Vowel sound in beak - ✔✔/i/
Vowel in had - ✔✔/æ/
Articulatory Description: Low, Front, Lax, and unrounded vowel. - ✔✔/æ/
Three aspects of vowel production are Spatial, Functional, and - ✔✔Temporal
A speech sound formed without a significant constriction of air flow (in the oral
and pharyngeal cavities). - ✔✔Vowel
An aspect of vowel production when the articulators are positioned so as not to
constrict the oral and pharyngeal cavities - ✔✔Spatial
Vowels usually serve as the ____________ __________ - ✔✔syllable nucleas
A pure vowel, a vowel of essentially unchanging phonetic quality throughout its
duration - ✔✔Monophthong
, Characterized by constriction of the vocal tract - ✔✔Consonant
A vowel like sound that serves as a syllable nucleus and involves a gradual
transition from one vowel articulation to another - ✔✔Diphthong
First vowel sound in a diphthong is described as - ✔✔Onglide
In general vowels are sustained _______ _______ ______ - ✔✔longer than
consonants.
Second vowel sound in a diphthong is described as - ✔✔Offglide
Single, unchanging vowel - ✔✔Monophthong
Another name for endpoint vowels - ✔✔Cardinal Vowels
Gradual transition from one vowel-like articulation to another - ✔✔Diphthong
A four sided figure having the corner or point vowels /i, u, a, ae*/ as its verticals -
✔✔Vowel quadrilateral
smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes - ✔✔Phoneme
answers
Second vowel sound in donate - ✔✔/e/
Vowel sound in hid - ✔✔/ɪ/
Vowel sound in beak - ✔✔/i/
Vowel in had - ✔✔/æ/
Articulatory Description: Low, Front, Lax, and unrounded vowel. - ✔✔/æ/
Three aspects of vowel production are Spatial, Functional, and - ✔✔Temporal
A speech sound formed without a significant constriction of air flow (in the oral
and pharyngeal cavities). - ✔✔Vowel
An aspect of vowel production when the articulators are positioned so as not to
constrict the oral and pharyngeal cavities - ✔✔Spatial
Vowels usually serve as the ____________ __________ - ✔✔syllable nucleas
A pure vowel, a vowel of essentially unchanging phonetic quality throughout its
duration - ✔✔Monophthong
, Characterized by constriction of the vocal tract - ✔✔Consonant
A vowel like sound that serves as a syllable nucleus and involves a gradual
transition from one vowel articulation to another - ✔✔Diphthong
First vowel sound in a diphthong is described as - ✔✔Onglide
In general vowels are sustained _______ _______ ______ - ✔✔longer than
consonants.
Second vowel sound in a diphthong is described as - ✔✔Offglide
Single, unchanging vowel - ✔✔Monophthong
Another name for endpoint vowels - ✔✔Cardinal Vowels
Gradual transition from one vowel-like articulation to another - ✔✔Diphthong
A four sided figure having the corner or point vowels /i, u, a, ae*/ as its verticals -
✔✔Vowel quadrilateral
smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes - ✔✔Phoneme
