Exercise CHAPTER 1. Phonetics and Phonology
Exercise CHAPTER 1. Phonetics and Phonology
Exercise CHAPTER 1. Phonetics and Phonology
1. Which manner of articulation will the sound be produced with the airflow
channeled into the nasal passages?
4. Which one of the following words that violates the phonological rules of the
English language?
A. Strock B. Mblath C. Scheel D. Brish
5. ______________ are the abstractions of speech units which differ in one
meaning from another.
7. Which area of phonetics studies the ways speech sounds are produced?
8. ___________ is the air passages which are above the vocal cords and which
are involved in the production of speech sounds.
II. True/False: Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
5. The vocal tract can be divided into the nasal cavity and the oral
cavity. (True/False)
III. Gap Filling: Make meaningful sentences by filling in the blanks with an
appropriate word or phrase
1. Acoustic phonetics deals with the ___________ of speech sounds through the air.
2. The production of different speech sounds through the use of the organs of speech
is known as __________.
3. Besides having the physical properties, the speech sounds also have the
___________ function when they are used as distinctive units of sounds in a language.
4. The main aims of phonetics are to _________ and to classify human speech sounds.
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. D
II. True/False: Decide whether the following statements are true or false
1. FALSE (A speech sound has three aspects: physiological, acoustic, and tactile)
→ auditory
2. FALSE (The speech sounds are produced by modifying the air stream in the
throat, the mouth, and the lungs) → nose
3. TRUE
4. FALSE (Changes in the shape of the vocal tract do not cause differences in
speech sounds.
5. TRUE
III. Gap Filling: Make meaningful sentences by filling in the blanks with an
appropriate word or phrase
1. transmission
2. articulation
3. distinctive
4. describe
5. British