Question 1

Nasalization, alteration of pitch, and lengthening, are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) allophones. 
B) supersegmentals 
C) paralanguage. 
D) articulatory phonetics. 
A) allophones. 
B) supersegmentals 
C) paralanguage. 
D) articulatory phonetics. B

Question 2

The sounds mhm , shhh , and tsk-tsk in English are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) allophones. 
B) ideophones. 
C) vocal segregates. 
D) speech substitutes. 
A) allophones. 
B) ideophones. 
C) vocal segregates. 
D) speech substitutes. C

Question 3

The linguistic term for sounds that accompany speech but are not directly part of language is

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A) paralanguage. 
B) manner of articulation. 
C) conditioned variation. 
D) the American Usage System. 
A) paralanguage. 
B) manner of articulation. 
C) conditioned variation. 
D) the American Usage System. A

Question 4

A minimal pair is a pair of words in which a difference in sound makes a difference in meaning, and it is the clearest and easiest way to identify phonemes in a language.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Prosodic elements, such as tone of voice, breathiness, or loudness have universal meanings across cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The area in the human vocal apparatus between the velum and the pharynx is called the

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A) glottis. 
B) uvula. 
C) alveolar ridge. 
D) epiglottis. 
A) glottis. 
B) uvula. 
C) alveolar ridge. 
D) epiglottis.

Question 7

Which of the following words in English is a minimal pair?

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A) to/two 
B) through/three 
C) only/lonely 
D) bye/dry 
A) to/two 
B) through/three 
C) only/lonely 
D) bye/dry

Question 8

When the vocal cords are open and relaxed, the sound produced is called

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A) voiceless. 
B) voiced. 
C) articulated. 
D) unarticulated. 
A) voiceless. 
B) voiced. 
C) articulated. 
D) unarticulated.

Question 9

Below, the word _____ has an open vowel.

Accepted Answer

A) [bit]-beat (The drummer keeps the beat.) 
B) [pand]-pond (We swim in the pond.) 
C) [tek]-take (Take a left at the next intersection.) 
D) [tu]-too (I use the IPA chart too!) 
A) [bit]-beat (The drummer keeps the beat.) 
B) [pand]-pond (We swim in the pond.) 
C) [tek]-take (Take a left at the next intersection.) 
D) [tu]-too (I use the IPA chart too!)

Question 10

The following sets of English language words would be used to identify _____________. [ɹod]/[ɹot] road/rote
[tin]/[din] teen/dean
[æd]/[æt] add/at

Accepted Answer

A) allophones of a phoneme 
B) morphological rules 
C) cultural focus 
D) phonemes 
A) allophones of a phoneme 
B) morphological rules 
C) cultural focus 
D) phonemes

Question 11

A click is pronounced by releasing air inward, rather than outward.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

When we notice that an American English speaker puffs air when they say "pit", but not when they say "spit", and that this pattern holds true across a variety of utterances and for a variety of speakers, we can conclude that

Accepted Answer

A) [p] and [pʰ] are allophones of /p/. 
B) /p/ and /pʰ/ are allophones of [p]. 
C) /p/ and /pʰ/ are phonemes in English. 
D) the mechanics of producing a bilabial plosive at the beginning of a word require you to puff air, no matter what language you may be speaking. 
A) [p] and [pʰ] are allophones of /p/. 
B) /p/ and /pʰ/ are allophones of [p]. 
C) /p/ and /pʰ/ are phonemes in English. 
D) the mechanics of producing a bilabial plosive at the beginning of a word require you to puff air, no matter what language you may be speaking.

Question 13

The area above the vocal cords where sound waves take on distinctive shapes and become recognizable speech sounds is called

Accepted Answer

A) the epiglottis. 
B) the supralaryngeal vocal tract. 
C) the uvular. 
D) the retroflex. 
A) the epiglottis. 
B) the supralaryngeal vocal tract. 
C) the uvular. 
D) the retroflex.

Question 14

Variant forms of phonemes, such as the p of pit and spit in English are called

Accepted Answer

A) phones. 
B) phonemes. 
C) allophones. 
D) marked sounds. 
A) phones. 
B) phonemes. 
C) allophones. 
D) marked sounds.

Question 15

The area where the vocal cords modify the air, creating sound waves, is called

Accepted Answer

A) the larynx. 
B) the uvula. 
C) the epiglottis. 
D) Fred. 
A) the larynx. 
B) the uvula. 
C) the epiglottis. 
D) Fred.

Question 16

The term for a speech sound made by lowering the velum and resonating air in your nasal cavity is

Accepted Answer

A) trill. 
B) affricate. 
C) fricative. 
D) nasal. 
A) trill. 
B) affricate. 
C) fricative. 
D) nasal.

Question 17

Describe an event or activity in etic terms, then provide a second description of the same event drawing on an emic understanding of that event or activity. Make very clear which description is etic and which is emic.

Accepted Answer

Etic description: The event was a tradit

Question 18

When you cannot find the pattern of complementary distribution among allophones in a language, you should consider the possibility that the variation among those allophones is conditioned by

Accepted Answer

A) social usage. 
B) neighboring phonemes. 
C) rules of engagement. 
D) intuition. 
A) social usage. 
B) neighboring phonemes. 
C) rules of engagement. 
D) intuition.

Question 19

The detailed description (as opposed to analysis)of the sounds of a language is called

Accepted Answer

A) phonotactics. 
B) phonemics. 
C) phonetics. 
D) phonography. 
A) phonotactics. 
B) phonemics. 
C) phonetics. 
D) phonography.

Question 20

A predictable pattern of allophone distribution in a language is referred to as conditioned variation. Another technical term for this is

Accepted Answer

A) complementary variation. 
B) complementary distribution. 
C) contrastive distribution. 
D) technical distribution. 
A) complementary variation. 
B) complementary distribution. 
C) contrastive distribution. 
D) technical distribution.

Nasalization, alteration of pitch, and lengthening, are examples of

The sounds mhm , shhh , and tsk-tsk in English are examples of

The linguistic term for sounds that accompany speech but are not directly part of language is

A minimal pair is a pair of words in which a difference in sound makes a difference in meaning, and it is the clearest and easiest way to identify phonemes in a language.

Prosodic elements, such as tone of voice, breathiness, or loudness have universal meanings across cultures.

The area in the human vocal apparatus between the velum and the pharynx is called the

Which of the following words in English is a minimal pair?

When the vocal cords are open and relaxed, the sound produced is called

Below, the word _____ has an open vowel.

The following sets of English language words would be used to identify _____________. [ɹod]/[ɹot] road/rote [tin]/[din] teen/dean [æd]/[æt] add/at

A click is pronounced by releasing air inward, rather than outward.

When we notice that an American English speaker puffs air when they say "pit", but not when they say "spit", and that this pattern holds true across a variety of utterances and for a variety of speakers, we can conclude that

The area above the vocal cords where sound waves take on distinctive shapes and become recognizable speech sounds is called

Variant forms of phonemes, such as the p of pit and spit in English are called

The area where the vocal cords modify the air, creating sound waves, is called

The term for a speech sound made by lowering the velum and resonating air in your nasal cavity is

Describe an event or activity in etic terms, then provide a second description of the same event drawing on an emic understanding of that event or activity. Make very clear which description is etic and which is emic.

When you cannot find the pattern of complementary distribution among allophones in a language, you should consider the possibility that the variation among those allophones is conditioned by

The detailed description (as opposed to analysis)of the sounds of a language is called

A predictable pattern of allophone distribution in a language is referred to as conditioned variation. Another technical term for this is

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Nasalization, alteration of pitch, and lengthening, are examples of

The sounds mhm , shhh , and tsk-tsk in English are examples of

The linguistic term for sounds that accompany speech but are not directly part of language is

A minimal pair is a pair of words in which a difference in sound makes a difference in meaning, and it is the clearest and easiest way to identify phonemes in a language.

Prosodic elements, such as tone of voice, breathiness, or loudness have universal meanings across cultures.

The area in the human vocal apparatus between the velum and the pharynx is called the

Which of the following words in English is a minimal pair?

When the vocal cords are open and relaxed, the sound produced is called

Below, the word _____ has an open vowel.

The following sets of English language words would be used to identify _____________. [ɹod]/[ɹot] road/rote [tin]/[din] teen/dean [æd]/[æt] add/at

A click is pronounced by releasing air inward, rather than outward.

When we notice that an American English speaker puffs air when they say "pit", but not when they say "spit", and that this pattern holds true across a variety of utterances and for a variety of speakers, we can conclude that

The area above the vocal cords where sound waves take on distinctive shapes and become recognizable speech sounds is called

Variant forms of phonemes, such as the p of pit and spit in English are called

The area where the vocal cords modify the air, creating sound waves, is called

The term for a speech sound made by lowering the velum and resonating air in your nasal cavity is

Describe an event or activity in etic terms, then provide a second description of the same event drawing on an emic understanding of that event or activity. Make very clear which description is etic and which is emic.

When you cannot find the pattern of complementary distribution among allophones in a language, you should consider the possibility that the variation among those allophones is conditioned by

The detailed description (as opposed to analysis)of the sounds of a language is called

A predictable pattern of allophone distribution in a language is referred to as conditioned variation. Another technical term for this is

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