Exam 2 (5-12)

Question 1

Vowels have _______ sound waves that are rhythmic, repeating pattern

Answer 1

Periodic

Question 2

This formant depends on tongue height

Answer 2

F1

Question 3

T/F:
Central vowels are used more frequently than both front and back vowels

Answer 3

FALSE:
Used more than back, but less than front

Question 4

True or False:
Vowels are quieter than consonants

Answer 4

FALSE
Vowels are louder

Question 5

First sound component of the diphthong

Answer 5

onglide

Question 6

second/final sound component of the diphthong

Answer 6

offglide

Question 7

What central vowels are stressed?

Answer 7

/^/ and /ɜ˞/

Question 8

What is the least frequent used front vowel?

Answer 8

/e/

Question 9

This refers to the degree of muscular activity involved in vowel production and duration of the vowel

Answer 9

Vowel cognates (i.e., differ in tense vs lax)

Question 10

T/F:
All diphthongs are rising except /ju/

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are the physical parameters to describe speech sounds?

Answer 11

Time
Frequency
Intensity

Question 12

Vowels are _______ sounds with the velum _______

Answer 12

oral sounds
velum raised

Question 13

American english is a ________ vowel language

Answer 13

reduced

Question 14

What are the two distinct ways the /ɜ˞/ can be produced?

Answer 14

bunched and retroflexed

Question 15

True or False:
All vowels are voiced

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

Tongue’s position relative to the ______ for tongue height

Answer 16

Palate

Question 17

What is the primary articulator for vowels?

Answer 17

Tongue

Question 18

what is the least frequent sound in English?

Answer 18

/ɔɪ/

Question 19

Pure vowel, qualitatively the same from begining to end

Answer 19

Monophthong

Question 20

what is the most frequent of all vowels?

Answer 20

/ə/

Question 21

what is the most frequently occurring diphthong in English?

Answer 21

/aɪ/

Question 22

Rapid blending of two vowel sounds to create one sound

Answer 22

Diphthong

Question 23

tongue tip down while bunching the tongue body in region of the palate

Answer 23

bunched

Question 24

what diphthong is the only falling one?

Answer 24

/ju/

Question 25

tongue tip up and curled posteriorly toward alveolar ridge

Answer 25

retroflexed

Question 26

What is the second most frequent vowel in English?

Answer 26

/I/

Question 27

What are the four classifications for vowels?

Answer 27

1. tongue height 2. tongue advancement 3. tongue tension 4. lip roudning

Question 28

a characteristic of a diphthong that is made with a positional change of the tongue advancement

Answer 28

feature shifts

Question 29

This formant depends on tongue advancement

Answer 29

F2

Question 30

Classification of vowels depends on where the _______ of the tongue is

Answer 30

Body

Question 31

vowels or consonants are produced without significant constriction?

Answer 31

vowels

Question 32

What vowel is the least frequent in the central vowels?

Answer 32

/^/

Question 33

Tense or Lax: Greater muscle activity

Answer 33

Tense

Question 34

A graphic representation of all three parameters of sound

Answer 34

Spectogram

Question 35

What are the three phonemic diphthongs in American English?

Answer 35

/aɪ/ /aʊ/ /ɔɪ/

Question 36

Which vowels are used the most? a. front b. back c. central

Answer 36

Front

Question 37

Tense or Lax: shorter in duration

Answer 37

Lax

Question 38

Resonant frequencies of the vocal tract

Answer 38

Formants