Phonetics Test 1

Phonetics Study Question

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What does IPA stand for?

When was it established?

What is it's purpose?
International Phonetics Alphabet, General American Phonetics

Late 1800s

To create a universally accepted symbol for each speech sound
What is Sound to Symbol correspondence?
Positive Vs. Negative?
When the spelling of a word is directly related to its pronunciation.


Positive examples: Go, Vet
Negative examples: Weight, Once
Monosyllabic - Open Vs. Closed
Containing one syllable

Open words end in a vowel: Go
Closed end in consonants: Sat, Cat
Orthography - which ones not used in GAP?
When you spell a word regularly in everyday speech

Those not used: q, x, and c
Vernacular
Normal, everyday conversational speech
Which group of vowels do infants learn first?
Front because they're lips are accustomed to puckering; nipple, bottle top
Vowels written inside the vowel chart
I and U - inside the vowel chart because they are solely American sounds. Usually difficult for foreigners.
Do children have problem with vowels?
A typically developing child will most likely have trouble with articulation: vowels are produced in the larynx
Dipthong - Phonemic/Nonphonemic
A combination of two vowels that create one sound, in which the first vowel dominates in duration and stres.
Phonemic - effects the meaning of the word
Non - does not effect the meaning of the word
3 Parameters to define consonants
Articulation, Place of ARticulation and Voicing
Which sound is easier to produce? Voiced or unvoiced?
Voiced.
Phoneme Vs. Allophone
Phoneme is a target sound, ideal sound, family of sounds.
Allophone is the individual variation of the target sound.
Why do we use the "eng" before /k/?
The "n" is in the front, the "k" is in the back, - for ease of pronunciation.
What are the nasal phonemes?
N, M, and NG
Which consonant is easiest to produce?
M - visibility -easier to see
voiced and nasal (nasal are easier)