Phonetics- Vowels

Question 1

How are vowels identified?

Answer 1

Tongue height in relation to upper vocal tract
Lip ‘configuration’
Frontness/ backness of the tongue

Question 2

What are cardinal vowels?

Answer 2

A reference for phoneticians for sounds when the tongue is in an extreme position

Question 3

Cardinal Vowel 1

Answer 3

/i/

Question 4

Cardinal Vowel 2

Answer 4

/e/

Question 5

Cardinal Vowel 3

Answer 5

/Ɛ/

Question 6

Cardinal Vowel 4

Answer 6

/a/

Question 7

Cardinal Vowel 5

Answer 7

/ɑ/

Question 8

Cardinal Vowel 6

Answer 8

/ɔ/

Question 9

Cardinal Vowel 7

Answer 9

/o/

Question 10

Cardinal Vowel 8

Answer 10

/u/

Question 11

What is different about secondary cardinal vowels?

Answer 11

Different lip configuration

Question 12

What is the same about cardinal vowels and secondary cardinal vowels?

Answer 12

Tongue position

Question 13

How many monopthongs are there in English?

Answer 13

12

Question 14

How many dipthongs are there in English?

Answer 14

8

Question 15

/i:/

Answer 15

High, front, unrounded vowel, such as in heat, flee, he

Question 16

/ɪ/

Answer 16

Mid-high, front, unrounded vowel, such as in ill, bit, in

Question 17

/e/

Answer 17

Mid, front, unrounded vowel, such as in end, bet, egg

Question 18

/æ/

Answer 18

Low, front, unrounded vowel, such as in at, ban, mad

Question 19

/a/

Answer 19

Low, back, unrounded vowel, such as in are, cart, far

Question 20

/ɒ/

Answer 20

Low, back, rounded vowel, such as in on, pot

Question 21

/ɔ:/

Answer 21

Mid, back, rounded vowel, such as in poor, paw, or

Question 22

/ʊ/

Answer 22

Mid-high, back, rounded vowel such as in book, full

Question 23

/u/

Answer 23

High. back. rounded vowel, such as in ooze, doodle

Question 24

/ʌ/

Answer 24

Mid-low, central. unrounded vowel, such as in up, subtle

Question 25

/ə/

Answer 25

Mid, central, unrounded vowel, such as in aside, collide | Schwa

Question 26

In what type of syllable does a schwa occur?

Answer 26

An unstressed syllable

Question 27

Where in a word can a schwa occur?

Answer 27

Beginning, middle or end of a word

Question 28

/ɜ:/

Answer 28

Mid-high, central, unrounded vowel, such as in err, hearse

Question 29

How many target positions does a dipthong have?

Answer 29

Two

Question 30

Dipthong in rain, hate, make, stay

Answer 30

/eɪ/

Question 31

Dipthong in chair, bear, rare, stare

Answer 31

/eə/

Question 32

Dipthong in kite, night, ride, lie, shy

Answer 32

/aɪ/

Question 33

Dipthong in how, now, brown, cow

Answer 33

/aʊ/

Question 34

Dipthong in noise, toy, point, coil

Answer 34

/ɔɪ/

Question 35

Dipthong in sure, tourist, poor (depending on accent)

Answer 35

/ʊə/

Question 36

Dipthong in near, ear, clear, steer

Answer 36

/ɪə/

Question 37

Dipthong in note, rode, go, coat, snow

Answer 37

/əʊ/

Question 38

/i/

Answer 38

Close, front, unrounded vowel

Question 39

/e/

Answer 39

Close-mid, front, unrounded vowel

Question 40

/Ɛ/

Answer 40

Open-mid, front, unrounded vowel

Question 41

/a/

Answer 41

Open, front, unrounded vowel

Question 42

/ɑ/

Answer 42

Open, back, unrounded vowel

Question 43

/ɔ/

Answer 43

Open-mid, back, rounded vowel

Question 44

/o/

Answer 44

Close-mid, back, rounded vowel

Question 45

/u/

Answer 45

Close, back, rounded vowel