SHS 250 Consonants Exam with precise detailed answers
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A consonant is a speech sound that is produced with: - ✔✔a significant constriction of the
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oral/pharyngeal cavities ||
The consonants [f] and [v] are labiodental consonants. - ✔✔True
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Identify the word that starts with an interdental/linguadental consonant: - ✔✔thug
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Identify the word that starts with a lingua palatal consonant: - ✔✔judge
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Identify the word that starts with a velar consonant. - ✔✔cat
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Identify the word that starts with a glottal consonant. - ✔✔hot
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Select the word which starts with a "Stop" and ends with a "Fricative" - ✔✔posh
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Identify the word which begins with an affricate: - ✔✔chair
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True or False? To articulate a nasal, the velum is raised. - ✔✔False
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Identify the word which starts with a liquid. - ✔✔light
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Identify the word which contains a glide. - ✔✔vacuum
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, True or False? Ultrasound imaging allows us to see the upper surface of the tongue during
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speech. - ✔✔True || ||
Ejectives are stops released with a great degree of force and the air source is: - ✔✔non-
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pulmonic
Obstruents and Sonorants are one speech category. - ✔✔False
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True or False? Voice Onset Time is the interval between the articulation of a consonant and
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onset of voicing. - ✔✔True
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True or false? Voiceless stops are associated with shorter VOT than voiced stops. - ✔✔False-
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voiceless stops are associated with longer VOT than voiced stops.
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True or False? In English, voiceless stops are actually articulated partially voiced when they
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precede a vowel. - ✔✔True || || || ||
Select the word in which the /l/ sound is likely to be partially devoiced. - ✔✔slip
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True or False? Phonemes are produced the same regardless of phonetic environment. -
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✔✔False
True or False? An example of assimilation is when a /t/ sound is produced a little bit further
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back when it's followed by a /u/ sound. - ✔✔True
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True or False? A devoiced /r/ following a /p/ is an example of retentive assimilation. -
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✔✔True
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A consonant is a speech sound that is produced with: - ✔✔a significant constriction of the
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oral/pharyngeal cavities ||
The consonants [f] and [v] are labiodental consonants. - ✔✔True
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Identify the word that starts with an interdental/linguadental consonant: - ✔✔thug
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Identify the word that starts with a lingua palatal consonant: - ✔✔judge
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Identify the word that starts with a velar consonant. - ✔✔cat
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Identify the word that starts with a glottal consonant. - ✔✔hot
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Select the word which starts with a "Stop" and ends with a "Fricative" - ✔✔posh
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Identify the word which begins with an affricate: - ✔✔chair
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True or False? To articulate a nasal, the velum is raised. - ✔✔False
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Identify the word which starts with a liquid. - ✔✔light
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Identify the word which contains a glide. - ✔✔vacuum
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, True or False? Ultrasound imaging allows us to see the upper surface of the tongue during
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speech. - ✔✔True || ||
Ejectives are stops released with a great degree of force and the air source is: - ✔✔non-
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pulmonic
Obstruents and Sonorants are one speech category. - ✔✔False
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True or False? Voice Onset Time is the interval between the articulation of a consonant and
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onset of voicing. - ✔✔True
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True or false? Voiceless stops are associated with shorter VOT than voiced stops. - ✔✔False-
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voiceless stops are associated with longer VOT than voiced stops.
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True or False? In English, voiceless stops are actually articulated partially voiced when they
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precede a vowel. - ✔✔True || || || ||
Select the word in which the /l/ sound is likely to be partially devoiced. - ✔✔slip
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True or False? Phonemes are produced the same regardless of phonetic environment. -
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✔✔False
True or False? An example of assimilation is when a /t/ sound is produced a little bit further
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back when it's followed by a /u/ sound. - ✔✔True
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True or False? A devoiced /r/ following a /p/ is an example of retentive assimilation. -
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✔✔True
