Idi55 Comparative Phonology 2023

Professor Jorge Lopez

Classwork Worksheet Answer Key

I Complete each statement by the proper phonological feature of the voiceless and voiced
stop consonant phonemes of English & Spanish. Review unit 4 and 5 of the book.

1. After [p ] all other consonants in a final cluster are ____voiceless_____________.

2. In English, voiced stops [b], [d], [g] before stressed vowels are __unaspirated_.

3. English /t/ [t=] in final position is. __voiceless stop unreleased____________

4. When English [p] follows [s], it is ___voiceless stop unaspirated_______________.

5. In final clusters English [p] may be followed by two other _voiceless ___.

6. Name the phonetic features of the following allophones [tʰ]_voiceless alveolar stop aspirated__
[kʰ]__voicelesss velar stop aspirated_

7. Spanish [t] is ____voiceless dental stop unaspirated_

8. The Spanish voiced consonant allophones [b] [ d ] [ g ] are voiced bilabial_fricative, voiced
dental fricative, voiced velar fricative_

9. The English allophone [d] in final position is voiced alveolar stop

10. In English, before a voiceless stop consonant phoneme the vowel is not lengthened

II. Comparison between Spanish & English Stop Consonant phonemes.

Write S on the line if the statement describes Spanish. Write E if the statement describes English.

1. The sounds [b] [ d ] [ g ] occur in the language. ___s____

2. The sounds [ d ] and [ ð] as perceived as different phoneme. ___E____

3. The sound [ ð] is an allophone of the phoneme /d/. ___S____

4. The sounds /d/ and /t/ are alveolar in the language. ___E____

5. The final clusters /gd/ and /gz/ do not occur in the language. __S_____

6. The initial clusters /gry/ and /grw/ do not occur in the language. __E_____

7. Voiceless stop consonants do not occur in word final position. __S_____

8. Voiceless stops are always unaspirated. __S_____

9. The flapping sound [ɾ] is an allophone of the phonemes /t/ and /d/ in intervocalic position after
unstressed vowel . Letter, daddy
____E___
10. Doubled consonant letters are pronunciation signals for the preceding vowel. ___E____

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