English Phonetics

UNIT 1

1. What is Language?
2. What two skills must the student acquire in order to master the
Sound System of a Language?
3. What is Phonetics?
4. What is Acoustic Phonetics?
5. What is Articulatory Phonetics?
6. What is Phonology?
7. What is Phoneme? PHONE VS. PHONEME
8. What are Allophones?
9. Define: GRAMEME/ MORPHEME/ GRAPHEME
10. Define: MINIMAL PAIRS/ HOMOPHONES/ HOMOGRA
11. Where is Speech produced?
12. What provides the airflow to support speech?
13. What is Larynx?
14. What are the Vocal Cords?
15. What is the difference between a Voiced Sound and a
Voiceless Sound?
16. What is the Glottis?
17. What is the principal source of modification of the airstream
issuing from the larynx?
18. How can we divide the parts of the throat and the lower
head that are accessible to the airstream?
19. How are the air passages above the larynx known?
20. What is the Pharynx or Pharyngeal Cavity?
21. What is the function of the Epiglottis?
22. What is the greatest source of modification of the
airstream?
23. What are the Articulators? Which are they?
24. How is the tongue divided?
25. What are the points of articulation? Which are they?
UNIT 2

26. How are the consonants classified according to the place of

articulation? Define them.
27. How can consonants be classified according to the place of
articulation?
28. How can consonants be classified according to the manner
of articulation?

UNIT 3

29. Are all the vowels voiced or voiceless?

30. How can the vowels be described?
31. Draw the chart of the English Vowel Sound?
32. What does the distinctive quality of sound of any vowel
result from?
33. What is a Diphthong?
34. Which are the distinctive diphthongs?
35. Which are the distinctive diphthongs in Modern American
English?
36. Draw the Consonants Chart.

UNIT 4

37. DEFINE SYLLABLE

38. What is a major element of every syllable?
39. Explain how to count syllables
40. Explain the different possible parts within a syllable
41. Demonstrate the different kinds of syllables
 UNIT 5
42. Define alphabet vs phonetic alphabet and phonetic
transcription
43. Explain the difference between broad and narrow
transcription
44. What is IPA
45. Give examples of IPA

UNIT 6
46. DEFINE AND DEMONSTRATE. Pronunciation
47. Rhythm
48. Intonation
49. Stress
UNIT 7
50. LANGUAGE VS DIALECT
51. What are the characteristics of languages and dialects?
52. Describe the English dialect you speak

FINAL PROJECT

*** THE ACCENT REDUCTION COURSE by Paul Grubber***