Deck 1: Normal Aspects of Articulation

Question 1

Diphthongs are a combination of:

A)Two vowels
B)A vowel and a consonant
C)Two consonants
D)Three vowels

Answer 1

Two vowels

Question 2

Coarticulation has no contribution in a clinical context.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Coarticulation that occurs before the actual sound is produced is called:

A)Preparatory
B)Anticipatory
C)Regulatory
D)Retentive

Answer 3

Anticipatory

Question 4

The smallest units of language that have meaning are:

A)Words
B)Phonemes
C)Morphemes
D)Graphemes

Question 5

Vowels are voiced nonnasal speech sounds.

Question 6

Lingua-alveolar sounds are produced by the constriction of the tongue blade at the hard palate.

Question 7

The phoneme /g/ is from what sound class/ manner?

A)Fricative
B)Stop
C)Affricate
D)Glide

Question 8

Suprasegmentals greatly affect the meaning of a message.

Question 9

Distinctive features are the only way to classify consonants and vowels.

Question 10

People often unknowingly change their rate of speech depending on the context and audience.

Question 11

The primary articulators are the tongue,lips,jaw and:

A)Velopharynx
B)Larynx
C)Teeth
D)Cheeks

Question 12

Velopharyngeal incompetency often presents with the following primary characteristic:

A)Reduced articulation accuracy
B)Increased rate of articulation
C)Increased intraoral air pressure
D)Reduced intraoral air pressure

Question 13

The phoneme /h/ is voiceless.

Question 14

What kind of airflow is necessary for speech production?

A)Regressive
B)Egressive
C)Impassive
D)Remissive

Question 15

The phoneme /k/ has a bilabial placement.

Question 16

The phoneme /s/ has what type of placement?

A)Alveolar
B)Bilabial
C)Lingua-dental
D)Velar

Question 17

Allophones are variations of how phonemes are produced.

Question 18

The phoneme /f/ is a fricative.

Question 19

A bilabial place of articulation suggests that which articulators are involved:

A)Lips and teeth
B)Velum and tongue
C)Tongue and lips
D)Both lips

Question 20

The appropriate way to describe the vowel /i/ as in "he" is as follows:

A)Low-back,tense,rounded
B)Low-back,lax,rounded
C)High-front,tense,unrounded
D)High-front,lax,unrounded

Question 21

A child,Sam,enters your clinic room.The first sentence he says to you is "Tam like tunny dayd", (which his mother translates for you as "Sam likes sunny days").Based on this short speech sample,which sound class does Sam have trouble with?

Question 22

Define and describe the three primary acoustic features of speech.

Question 23

Compare and contrast the various classification systems that can be used to describe phonemes.

Question 24

Describe a situation in which vowels would not be nasal and a situation in which a vowel would not be voiced.

Question 25

What is the difference between fricatives and affricates?

Question 26

Discuss the differences between consonants and vowels.

Question 27

What is the difference between anticipatory coarticulation and retentive coarticulation? Provide an example of each.

Question 28

Discuss how coarticulation affects speech production.How is this clinically useful to SLPs working with children who have a speech sound disorder?

Question 29

Name four primary articulators.

Question 30

What are two allophones of the phoneme /p/? Give specific examples.