ASU SHS 250 Phonetics Exam 3#1 Questions with correct
answers
Plosive - ✔✔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 - ✔✔manor of articulation where vocal tract is completely closed
Fricative - ✔✔Continues as noise pushed through narrow tract
Affricate - ✔✔stop + fricative sequence - only in English are /dʒ/ and /tʃ/
Nasal - ✔✔nasal sound energy radiates to nasal cavity
Glide - ✔✔manner of articulation where vocal tract goes partially closed to open
Liquid - ✔✔Rhotic /r/ lateral /l/ vocal tract is more constricted
Lateral - ✔✔Sound escapes around side of tongue
Rhotic - ✔✔manner of articulation relating to "r" coloring
Retroflex - ✔✔turned back, allophone of consonant /r/ tongue turned up
, Trill - ✔✔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 - ✔✔quick movement of articular tapping against surface
Obstruent - ✔✔stop, affricate, fricative
Sonorant - ✔✔nasal, liquid, glide, lateral, rhotic
Sibilant - ✔✔high frequency fricative
Homorganic - ✔✔same place of articulation
ex. /m/ and /b/ both bilabial (verticle)
Homotypic - ✔✔same manner of articulation
ex. /m/ and /n/ both nasal (horizontal)
Retentive Assimilation - ✔✔sound retains characteristics of sound preceding
ex. extending "r" in /traɪ/ and extending "m" in /mi/
Cognate - ✔✔Pair of sounds that are opposed to distinguish /t/ to /d/
Reduplication - ✔✔the same sound
answers
Plosive - ✔✔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 - ✔✔manor of articulation where vocal tract is completely closed
Fricative - ✔✔Continues as noise pushed through narrow tract
Affricate - ✔✔stop + fricative sequence - only in English are /dʒ/ and /tʃ/
Nasal - ✔✔nasal sound energy radiates to nasal cavity
Glide - ✔✔manner of articulation where vocal tract goes partially closed to open
Liquid - ✔✔Rhotic /r/ lateral /l/ vocal tract is more constricted
Lateral - ✔✔Sound escapes around side of tongue
Rhotic - ✔✔manner of articulation relating to "r" coloring
Retroflex - ✔✔turned back, allophone of consonant /r/ tongue turned up
, Trill - ✔✔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 - ✔✔quick movement of articular tapping against surface
Obstruent - ✔✔stop, affricate, fricative
Sonorant - ✔✔nasal, liquid, glide, lateral, rhotic
Sibilant - ✔✔high frequency fricative
Homorganic - ✔✔same place of articulation
ex. /m/ and /b/ both bilabial (verticle)
Homotypic - ✔✔same manner of articulation
ex. /m/ and /n/ both nasal (horizontal)
Retentive Assimilation - ✔✔sound retains characteristics of sound preceding
ex. extending "r" in /traɪ/ and extending "m" in /mi/
Cognate - ✔✔Pair of sounds that are opposed to distinguish /t/ to /d/
Reduplication - ✔✔the same sound
