LINA01 EXAM PREPARATION TEST BANK
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Articulatory phonetics
Answer: physiological mechanisms of speech production
●● acoustic phonetics
Answer: analyzing physical properties of sound waves
●● Internation Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Answer: represents each sound of human speech with single symbols;
has 1 to 1 correspondence
●● Basic classification of sounds
Answer: Vowels, consonants & glides
●● Segments
Answer: Individual speech sounds (also called phones)
●● Tongue
Answer: The primary/active articulating organ for consonants
,●● Features of Consonants
Answer: place of articulation, manner of articulation, voicing
●● Place of articulation
Answer: where tongue & lips produce the sounds
●● List of places of articulation
Answer: Bilabial, Labiodental, Interdental, Alveolar, Alveopalatal,
Palatal, Velar, Glottal
●● Bilabial (place of articulation)
Answer: sounds produced with both lips [m, p, b, w]
●● Labiodental (place of articulation)
Answer: Lip + teeth [f, v]
●● Interdental (place of articulation)
Answer: tongue between teeth [voiced & voiceless th]
●● Alveolar (place of articulation)
Answer: Tongue on the bump above teeth (alveolar ridge) [l, z, s, n, r, t,
d]
, ●● Alveopalatal (Place of Articulation)
Answer: tongue between alveolar ridge & palate (where roof of mouth
rises) [S, 3, tS & d3]
●● Palatal (place of articulation)
Answer: tongue on palate (roof of mouth) [j]
●● Velar (place of articulation)
Answer: part of tongue on the velum (sot palate, behind the hard palate)
[ng, k, g, w]
●● Glottal (place of articulation)
Answer: uses glottis (opening between vocal folds) [h, hook]
●● Voicing (feature of consonant)
Answer: whether the vocal folds are vibrating or not
●● Voiceless consonants
Answer: p, t, k, f, θ, s, ʃ, h, tʃ, hook
●● Voiced consonants
Answer: b,d,ɡ,v,ð,z,ʒ,dʒ,m,n,ŋ,l,r,w,y
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Articulatory phonetics
Answer: physiological mechanisms of speech production
●● acoustic phonetics
Answer: analyzing physical properties of sound waves
●● Internation Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Answer: represents each sound of human speech with single symbols;
has 1 to 1 correspondence
●● Basic classification of sounds
Answer: Vowels, consonants & glides
●● Segments
Answer: Individual speech sounds (also called phones)
●● Tongue
Answer: The primary/active articulating organ for consonants
,●● Features of Consonants
Answer: place of articulation, manner of articulation, voicing
●● Place of articulation
Answer: where tongue & lips produce the sounds
●● List of places of articulation
Answer: Bilabial, Labiodental, Interdental, Alveolar, Alveopalatal,
Palatal, Velar, Glottal
●● Bilabial (place of articulation)
Answer: sounds produced with both lips [m, p, b, w]
●● Labiodental (place of articulation)
Answer: Lip + teeth [f, v]
●● Interdental (place of articulation)
Answer: tongue between teeth [voiced & voiceless th]
●● Alveolar (place of articulation)
Answer: Tongue on the bump above teeth (alveolar ridge) [l, z, s, n, r, t,
d]
, ●● Alveopalatal (Place of Articulation)
Answer: tongue between alveolar ridge & palate (where roof of mouth
rises) [S, 3, tS & d3]
●● Palatal (place of articulation)
Answer: tongue on palate (roof of mouth) [j]
●● Velar (place of articulation)
Answer: part of tongue on the velum (sot palate, behind the hard palate)
[ng, k, g, w]
●● Glottal (place of articulation)
Answer: uses glottis (opening between vocal folds) [h, hook]
●● Voicing (feature of consonant)
Answer: whether the vocal folds are vibrating or not
●● Voiceless consonants
Answer: p, t, k, f, θ, s, ʃ, h, tʃ, hook
●● Voiced consonants
Answer: b,d,ɡ,v,ð,z,ʒ,dʒ,m,n,ŋ,l,r,w,y