Linguistics Exam 3 questions with
correct answers
40 - correct answer ✔✔ How many sounds that any given language uses
articulatory phonetics - correct answer ✔✔ this is concerned with describing and explaining
how we articulate the sounds of human language
acoustic phonetics - correct answer ✔✔ this is concerned with describing the physical
properties of speech sound waves
neurolinguistics - correct answer ✔✔ this is concerned with the perception of speech sounds
discreteness/distinctiveness - correct answer ✔✔ first property of human speech
phoneme - correct answer ✔✔ minimally distinctive sound in a language
minimal pairs - correct answer ✔✔ one change in sound changes the meaning of a word
non-contrastive distribution - correct answer ✔✔ If you cannot find a minimal pair, the phones
are said to be in this, meaning they are either in complementary distribution or free variation
complementary distribution - correct answer ✔✔ the mutually exclusive relationship between
two phonetically similar segments; it exists in an environment where the other segment never
occurs
, complementary distribution 2 - correct answer ✔✔ two basic sounds that are not independent
phonemes, but are conditioned variants of a phoneme, of the same minimally distinctive sound
minimal distinctive sound - correct answer ✔✔ a sound which can distinguish one word from
another when all other sounds are identical, bat and pat
allophone - correct answer ✔✔ one of the non-contrastive variations of a minimal distinct
sound, cats and bows
free variation - correct answer ✔✔ two sounds do not represent two separate phonemes if they
are in this, if you may use one in any position you can use the other without any semantic
effect- such as omitting aspiration at the end of stop
IPA Chart - correct answer ✔✔ lists the inventory of sounds used in human languages, each
symbol corresponds to one sound (writing/spelling doesn't correspond)
spectrograph - correct answer ✔✔ this instrument measures amplitude and frequency in Hz
(cycles/second) of speech
formants - correct answer ✔✔ harmonics produced by vowels that have lots of energy
Fant's Source-Filter Theory - correct answer ✔✔ The vocal tract is different size and areas- more
space creates lower harmonics and a deeper voice, less creates higher harmonics and a higher
voice
Sussman, H. et al - correct answer ✔✔ in 1991 showed that we pay attention to the relative
difference in the transition between CV sequences
phonetics - correct answer ✔✔ area concerned with the inventory of possible speech sounds
that are used in human language
correct answers
40 - correct answer ✔✔ How many sounds that any given language uses
articulatory phonetics - correct answer ✔✔ this is concerned with describing and explaining
how we articulate the sounds of human language
acoustic phonetics - correct answer ✔✔ this is concerned with describing the physical
properties of speech sound waves
neurolinguistics - correct answer ✔✔ this is concerned with the perception of speech sounds
discreteness/distinctiveness - correct answer ✔✔ first property of human speech
phoneme - correct answer ✔✔ minimally distinctive sound in a language
minimal pairs - correct answer ✔✔ one change in sound changes the meaning of a word
non-contrastive distribution - correct answer ✔✔ If you cannot find a minimal pair, the phones
are said to be in this, meaning they are either in complementary distribution or free variation
complementary distribution - correct answer ✔✔ the mutually exclusive relationship between
two phonetically similar segments; it exists in an environment where the other segment never
occurs
, complementary distribution 2 - correct answer ✔✔ two basic sounds that are not independent
phonemes, but are conditioned variants of a phoneme, of the same minimally distinctive sound
minimal distinctive sound - correct answer ✔✔ a sound which can distinguish one word from
another when all other sounds are identical, bat and pat
allophone - correct answer ✔✔ one of the non-contrastive variations of a minimal distinct
sound, cats and bows
free variation - correct answer ✔✔ two sounds do not represent two separate phonemes if they
are in this, if you may use one in any position you can use the other without any semantic
effect- such as omitting aspiration at the end of stop
IPA Chart - correct answer ✔✔ lists the inventory of sounds used in human languages, each
symbol corresponds to one sound (writing/spelling doesn't correspond)
spectrograph - correct answer ✔✔ this instrument measures amplitude and frequency in Hz
(cycles/second) of speech
formants - correct answer ✔✔ harmonics produced by vowels that have lots of energy
Fant's Source-Filter Theory - correct answer ✔✔ The vocal tract is different size and areas- more
space creates lower harmonics and a deeper voice, less creates higher harmonics and a higher
voice
Sussman, H. et al - correct answer ✔✔ in 1991 showed that we pay attention to the relative
difference in the transition between CV sequences
phonetics - correct answer ✔✔ area concerned with the inventory of possible speech sounds
that are used in human language
