Phonetics Practice

1. Explain briefly what is meant by the following terms:

Sonorant Stop Obstruent Affricates Glides

2. If someone has a cold and a stuffy nose (a blocked nose) and says: “mine”, which sounds
are oral and which ones are nasal?

3. Write the phonetic symbol that corresponds to each of the following descriptions:

a. Voiced bilabial glide .........

b. Voiced palatal liquid ..........

c. Voiceless velar stop ...........

d. Voiced alveolar fricative ..........

e. Voiceless labio-dental fricative ........

f. Back open unrounded vowel ..........

4. Provide a letter in English that represents three sounds. Give one example for each sound.

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5. Write the following in normal English Alphabets:

ðəprezɪdenʃəlɪlekʃənzwɪlbIheldɒnðIjeɪtiːnθəveɪprəl

6. Justify the following:

_/g/ is pronounced as /?/ after /?/ in "anger" whereas it is not in "singer" .

_Phonetics is different from Phonology.

_The friction sound heard in producing the fricatives.

_ The stops are also labeled as plosives.

_ / j / is called a glide.

7. write the phonetics symbol(s) corresponding to the underline portion of the word or
phrase. Describe it.

a. shut [ ] ......................................

b. stick [ ] ........................................

c. know [ ] ........................................

d. use of a computer [ ] ......................

e. race [ ] ..............................

8. Provide the syllable structure for the following. Then stress the appropriate syllable.
Discuss

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9. Are speech organs exclusively speech organs? Explain with examples.

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10. What is meant by "passive articulator" and "active articulator"? State two "active
articulators" and two "passive articulators". Explain the articulation process and give at least
one example.

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