SHS 250 Final Exam Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
/æ/
cat, piano, band
phonetics
study of the perception and production of speech sounds
articulators
parts of the oral tract that are used to produce sound
articulatory phonetics
study of phonetics with emphasis on position and movement of the articulators
acoustic phonetics
the study of phonetics with respect to the physics of sound
clinical phonetics
phonetics as it applies to disorders
transcription
use of symbols to represent the production of speech sounds
2 kinds of transcription
broad and narrow
broad transcription
general detail, usually one symbol, /slashes/
,narrow transcription
fine detail, more than one symbol, representation of target and variations in production
(diacritics), [brackets]
principles of phonetic alphabet (5)
- 1 symbol for 1 phone (isomorphism)
- a sound is written the same all the time
- all sounds must be written
- symbols do not change
- no silent letters
IPA
provides consistent orthographic representation of sounds
language
system that uses sounds, signs, or symbols to communicate
speech
pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs, also a pattern of acoustic
vibration
dialect
subset within a language of patterns of use based on regional or social boundaries
syntax
study of way words combine to form sentences
semantics
, study of meaning of words and sentences
morphology
study of structure of words
phonology
study of way speech sounds pattern in language
morpheme
smallest unit of meaning
morphs
"morphemelike" shape, but holds no meaning
phoneme
smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes
/ɛ/
bet, said, head, ever
minimal contrasts
2 morphemes differing in only one sound segment or phoneme, aka minimal pair
/ɑ/
bar, opera, call
how many vowels can there be in a syllable?
1
/u/
Correct Answers
/æ/
cat, piano, band
phonetics
study of the perception and production of speech sounds
articulators
parts of the oral tract that are used to produce sound
articulatory phonetics
study of phonetics with emphasis on position and movement of the articulators
acoustic phonetics
the study of phonetics with respect to the physics of sound
clinical phonetics
phonetics as it applies to disorders
transcription
use of symbols to represent the production of speech sounds
2 kinds of transcription
broad and narrow
broad transcription
general detail, usually one symbol, /slashes/
,narrow transcription
fine detail, more than one symbol, representation of target and variations in production
(diacritics), [brackets]
principles of phonetic alphabet (5)
- 1 symbol for 1 phone (isomorphism)
- a sound is written the same all the time
- all sounds must be written
- symbols do not change
- no silent letters
IPA
provides consistent orthographic representation of sounds
language
system that uses sounds, signs, or symbols to communicate
speech
pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs, also a pattern of acoustic
vibration
dialect
subset within a language of patterns of use based on regional or social boundaries
syntax
study of way words combine to form sentences
semantics
, study of meaning of words and sentences
morphology
study of structure of words
phonology
study of way speech sounds pattern in language
morpheme
smallest unit of meaning
morphs
"morphemelike" shape, but holds no meaning
phoneme
smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes
/ɛ/
bet, said, head, ever
minimal contrasts
2 morphemes differing in only one sound segment or phoneme, aka minimal pair
/ɑ/
bar, opera, call
how many vowels can there be in a syllable?
1
/u/
