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Quiz On Phonology
Quiz On Phonology
Quiz On Phonology
Time: 20 minutes
Phonemes are sounds that never contrast significantly with one another and are
treated as the same sound. E.g. /p/ is always treated the same way.
Within a phoneme, sounds that don’t significantly contrast with each other are
called allophones. For example, p and b are separate phonemes in English, but
aspirated and unaspirated /p/ are just allophones of the same phoneme.
4. (2 points) Write the following lines in standard English spelling. (ʌ = the vowel
sound in but)
5. (10 points) Write out the IPA symbol for the underlined letters in each word:
6. (10 points) Write out the following words in the IPA alphabet.