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Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
IPA stands for - CORRECT ANSWER - International Phonetic Alphabet
Each IPA symbol represents? - CORRECT ANSWER - Each symbol represents a single
sound.
(T/F) We can transcribe any sound of any language with IPA - CORRECT ANSWER -
TRUE
(T/F) We are unable to transcribe any sound of any language with IPA - CORRECT
ANSWER - FALSE
define Linguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of language
define Phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of speech sound; part of
linguistics
define Articulatory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - How speech sounds are articulated.
what is included in Articulatory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - Description and
classification of speech sounds
define Acoustic phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - How speech sounds are generated and
how they are transmitted
what is included in Acoustic phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The relationship between
articulation and acoustic output
, define Auditory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - How human ears perceive speech
sounds
define Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of systems of speech sounds and the
rules which govern them
Phonology can be used to study... - CORRECT ANSWER - How speech sounds are used
in languages
(T/F) Sounds are not the same things as orthography - CORRECT ANSWER - TRUE
(T/F) Sounds are the same things as orthography - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
what was IPA created for? - CORRECT ANSWER - to represent actual speech sounds
how was IPA designed? - CORRECT ANSWER - IPA was designed to consider grouping
of sounds
what are the grouping of sounds used in IPA? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Voiced/voiceless
- Place of articulation
- Manner of articulation
Sounds change based on _______ ______. - CORRECT ANSWER - speech context
what is a Phone? - CORRECT ANSWER - an individual sound of speech; an elementary
sound unit
what is a Phoneme? - CORRECT ANSWER - The smallest sound unit in a language that
distinguishes word meanings.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
IPA stands for - CORRECT ANSWER - International Phonetic Alphabet
Each IPA symbol represents? - CORRECT ANSWER - Each symbol represents a single
sound.
(T/F) We can transcribe any sound of any language with IPA - CORRECT ANSWER -
TRUE
(T/F) We are unable to transcribe any sound of any language with IPA - CORRECT
ANSWER - FALSE
define Linguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of language
define Phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of speech sound; part of
linguistics
define Articulatory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - How speech sounds are articulated.
what is included in Articulatory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - Description and
classification of speech sounds
define Acoustic phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - How speech sounds are generated and
how they are transmitted
what is included in Acoustic phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The relationship between
articulation and acoustic output
, define Auditory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWER - How human ears perceive speech
sounds
define Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of systems of speech sounds and the
rules which govern them
Phonology can be used to study... - CORRECT ANSWER - How speech sounds are used
in languages
(T/F) Sounds are not the same things as orthography - CORRECT ANSWER - TRUE
(T/F) Sounds are the same things as orthography - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
what was IPA created for? - CORRECT ANSWER - to represent actual speech sounds
how was IPA designed? - CORRECT ANSWER - IPA was designed to consider grouping
of sounds
what are the grouping of sounds used in IPA? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Voiced/voiceless
- Place of articulation
- Manner of articulation
Sounds change based on _______ ______. - CORRECT ANSWER - speech context
what is a Phone? - CORRECT ANSWER - an individual sound of speech; an elementary
sound unit
what is a Phoneme? - CORRECT ANSWER - The smallest sound unit in a language that
distinguishes word meanings.
