ASU SHS 250 PHONETICS EXAM 3
Plosive - Answers -stop in a final word position - release unnecessary
sounds that are generally associated with the letters p, t, k, b, d, g
ex. pat, kid, bag
Stop - Answers -manor of articulation where vocal tract is completely closed
Fricative - Answers -Continues as noise pushed through narrow tract
Affricate - Answers -stop + fricative sequence - only in English are /dʒ/ and /tʃ/
Nasal - Answers -nasal sound energy radiates to nasal cavity
Glide - Answers -manner of articulation where vocal tract goes partially closed to open
Liquid - Answers -Rhotic /r/ lateral /l/ vocal tract is more constricted
Lateral - Answers -Sound escapes around side of tongue
Rhotic - Answers -manner of articulation relating to "r" coloring
Retroflex - Answers -turned back, allophone of consonant /r/ tongue turned up
Trill - Answers -a consonant that is made by vibrating an articulator, or hitting it many
times against something else.
ex. the <rr> in the Spanish word "perro"
Flap - Answers -quick movement of articular tapping against surface
Obstruent - Answers -stop, affricate, fricative
Sonorant - Answers -nasal, liquid, glide, lateral, rhotic
Sibilant - Answers -high frequency fricative
Homorganic - Answers -same place of articulation
ex. /m/ and /b/ both bilabial (verticle)
Homotypic - Answers -same manner of articulation
ex. /m/ and /n/ both nasal (horizontal)
Retentive Assimilation - Answers -sound retains characteristics of sound preceding
ex. extending "r" in /traɪ/ and extending "m" in /mi/
Plosive - Answers -stop in a final word position - release unnecessary
sounds that are generally associated with the letters p, t, k, b, d, g
ex. pat, kid, bag
Stop - Answers -manor of articulation where vocal tract is completely closed
Fricative - Answers -Continues as noise pushed through narrow tract
Affricate - Answers -stop + fricative sequence - only in English are /dʒ/ and /tʃ/
Nasal - Answers -nasal sound energy radiates to nasal cavity
Glide - Answers -manner of articulation where vocal tract goes partially closed to open
Liquid - Answers -Rhotic /r/ lateral /l/ vocal tract is more constricted
Lateral - Answers -Sound escapes around side of tongue
Rhotic - Answers -manner of articulation relating to "r" coloring
Retroflex - Answers -turned back, allophone of consonant /r/ tongue turned up
Trill - Answers -a consonant that is made by vibrating an articulator, or hitting it many
times against something else.
ex. the <rr> in the Spanish word "perro"
Flap - Answers -quick movement of articular tapping against surface
Obstruent - Answers -stop, affricate, fricative
Sonorant - Answers -nasal, liquid, glide, lateral, rhotic
Sibilant - Answers -high frequency fricative
Homorganic - Answers -same place of articulation
ex. /m/ and /b/ both bilabial (verticle)
Homotypic - Answers -same manner of articulation
ex. /m/ and /n/ both nasal (horizontal)
Retentive Assimilation - Answers -sound retains characteristics of sound preceding
ex. extending "r" in /traɪ/ and extending "m" in /mi/
