FLS 333: Exam 3 Questions and
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What happens when a sorda is the last letter of a word in spanish? - ✔✔It is not
pronounced (ej. ballet)
how many allophones do [p, k, t] have - ✔✔in spanish 1 each, in english 2 (one with
aspiration, one without aspiration)
When is aspiration the strongest? - ✔✔when it occurs in the first position of the silaba
tonica
in english when is there not aspiration - ✔✔after [s] or after the silaba tonica
how is aspiration defined? - ✔✔Voice onset time (VOT)
what is VOT - ✔✔the beginning of the vibration of the vocal chords with respect to the
opening of the mouth
[t, d] - ✔✔In spanish they are dental in english they are alveolar
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, What happens in Spanish with / p t k / a final syllable? - ✔✔Low articulatory stress.
The occlusion in its joint is not always total, so in this position we can find a
neutralization
what syllable is normally aspirated - ✔✔silaba tonica
when does aspiration lower - ✔✔after /s/
do [p, t, k] have aspiration in spanish - ✔✔no
/ b d g/ in english - ✔✔almost always oclsuivs
/v/ exists in english - ✔✔one allophone and is labiodental, fricativo, sonora
how many allophones does /b d g/ have in spanish - ✔✔two (1 oclusiva and 1
aproximante)
la /d/ aproximante - ✔✔is almost interdental and exists in english
•alternancia condicionada. - ✔✔The phonetic environment determines the type of
allophone to be used.
is selection of allophones random? - ✔✔sometimes it is up to the phonetic environment
(alternancia condicionada)
sometimes it is up to the speaker (alternancia libre)
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What happens when a sorda is the last letter of a word in spanish? - ✔✔It is not
pronounced (ej. ballet)
how many allophones do [p, k, t] have - ✔✔in spanish 1 each, in english 2 (one with
aspiration, one without aspiration)
When is aspiration the strongest? - ✔✔when it occurs in the first position of the silaba
tonica
in english when is there not aspiration - ✔✔after [s] or after the silaba tonica
how is aspiration defined? - ✔✔Voice onset time (VOT)
what is VOT - ✔✔the beginning of the vibration of the vocal chords with respect to the
opening of the mouth
[t, d] - ✔✔In spanish they are dental in english they are alveolar
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, What happens in Spanish with / p t k / a final syllable? - ✔✔Low articulatory stress.
The occlusion in its joint is not always total, so in this position we can find a
neutralization
what syllable is normally aspirated - ✔✔silaba tonica
when does aspiration lower - ✔✔after /s/
do [p, t, k] have aspiration in spanish - ✔✔no
/ b d g/ in english - ✔✔almost always oclsuivs
/v/ exists in english - ✔✔one allophone and is labiodental, fricativo, sonora
how many allophones does /b d g/ have in spanish - ✔✔two (1 oclusiva and 1
aproximante)
la /d/ aproximante - ✔✔is almost interdental and exists in english
•alternancia condicionada. - ✔✔The phonetic environment determines the type of
allophone to be used.
is selection of allophones random? - ✔✔sometimes it is up to the phonetic environment
(alternancia condicionada)
sometimes it is up to the speaker (alternancia libre)
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