7. Syllables and Sequences Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is a key reason syllables are considered psychologically real?
C) Speakers can count syllables and agree on boundaries
What is the only required part of a syllable in English?
B) Nucleus
What type of sound usually occupies the nucleus of a syllable?
C) Sonorant, usually a vowel
Which of the following is a valid CCC onset in English?
B) /spr/
In complex codas (e.g., CCVC), what is true about segment order?
C) Nasals and approximants are closer to the nucleus than plosives and fricatives
Which segment types are not allowed in English codas?
B) /w/, /j/, /h/
What is a characteristic of stressed syllables?
C) They are produced with more careful articulation and peripheral vowels
What is one reason lexical stress may shift in phrases?
C) To preserve rhythm and avoid stress clash
What tool is used to measure dynamic articulatory movements?
C) Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA)
In speech articulation, what does ‘undershoot’ refer to?
B) Articulators not fully reaching their targets
What does it mean when articulators start their movements asynchronously?
C) Articulators begin at different times to meet at the same target moment
What is coarticulation?
B) One articulator being used for multiple phonemes, with overlap in articulation
Which of the following is an example of anticipatory (regressive) coarticulation?
B) [si:] vs. [swu:]
What is assimilation in speech?
C) When a segment becomes more similar to a nearby one
What is elision (also known as deletion)?
B) Omitting a speech segment in connected speech
What is often preserved even when elision occurs in fast speech?
A) The articulatory gesture
Which of the following is true about connected speech?
C) It involves smooth, continuous articulation without clear segment boundaries
Why does the order of coarticulatory effects matter in speech synthesis?
C) It influences how listeners perceive meaning
What speech planning phenomenon leads to lenition?
B) Undershoot of articulatory targets
Which statement summarizes the key idea of Lecture 7?
C) Speech articulation is dynamic, context-sensitive, and requires anticipatory planning
