Place of Articulation

Question 1

Name the outermost articulators

Answer 1

The lips

Question 2

When lips articulate with each other, what classification of sound occurs

Answer 2

Bilabial

Question 3

List all bilabial consonants

Answer 3

[b], [p], [m]

Question 4

When lips articulate with the upper teeth, what classification of sound occurs?

Answer 4

Labiodental

Question 5

List all labiodental consonants

Answer 5

[f], [v]

Question 6

What is the second-most outward set of articulators

Answer 6

The teeth

Question 7

When the teeth articulate with the bladeof the tongue, what classification of sound occurs?

Answer 7

Dental

Question 8

List all dental consonants

Answer 8

[θ] [ð]

Question 9

What is the name of the articulator which is identified by the bumpy ridge behind the upper teeth

Answer 9

Alveolar Ridge

Question 10

When the tip of the tongue articulates with the alveolar ridge , what classification of sound occurs?

Answer 10

Alveolar sounds

Question 11

List all the alveolar consonants

Answer 11

[t] [d] [l] [n] [s] [z] [ɾ]

Question 12

How is a retroflex sound articulated?

Answer 12

By curling the tip of the tongue back to articulate with the area just behind the alveolar ridge

Question 13

List all the retroflex consonants

Answer 13

[ɹ]

Question 14

How are postalveolar sounds articulated?

Answer 14

By the blade of the tongue articulating with the back of the alveolar ridge and the tip of the tongue raising toward the palate

Question 15

List all postalveolar consonants

Answer 15

[ʃ] [ʒ] [ʧ] [ʤ]

Question 16

What articulator is classified as the hard part of the roof of the mouth

Answer 16

The hard palate

Question 17

How are palatal sounds articulated?

Answer 17

By the front of the tongue approaching or touching the hard palette

Question 18

List the palatal consonants

Answer 18

[j]

Question 19

Which articulator is classified as being the soft palate behind the hard palate?

Answer 19

The velum

Question 20

How are velar sounds articulated?

Answer 20

By the body of the tongue approaching or touching the soft palate

Question 21

List all the velar consonants

Answer 21

[k] [g] [ŋ]

Question 22

What articulator is classified as a long, thin, soft structure behind the velum, hanging down?

Answer 22

The uvula

Question 23

How are nasal sounds produced?

Answer 23

By the pharynx opening upwards into the nasal cavity, the velum lowering so that air can escape through the nose

Question 24

What is the technical term for air escaping through the nose?

Answer 24

The velic opening

Question 25

List all the nasal consonants

Answer 25

[m], [n], [ŋ]

Question 26

What articulator is classified as the opening between the vocal folds?

Answer 26

The glottis

Question 27

List all the glottal consonants

Answer 27

[h] and [ʔ]

Question 28

List the five parts of the tongue, beginning at the teeth

Answer 28

1. Tip 2. Blade 3. Front 4. Back 5. Root

Question 29

What are sounds made with the tip of the tongue classified as?

Answer 29

Apical

Question 30

What sounds can be apical?

Answer 30

Apico-dental and apico-alveolar

Question 31

What are sounds made using the blade of the tongue classified as?

Answer 31

Laminal

Question 32

What sounds can be laminal?

Answer 32

Postalveolar sounds

Question 33

What sounds are made using the front of the tongue?

Answer 33

Palatal sounds

Question 34

What are sounds made using the back of the tongue classified as?

Answer 34

Dorsal sounds

Question 35

What sounds can be considered dorsal?

Answer 35

Dorso-velar sounds

Question 36

Where is the root of the tongue located?

Answer 36

At the rear, vertical part of the tongue

Question 37

T/F: The root of the tongue is easily visible

Answer 37

False

Question 38

What does the root of the tongue form?

Answer 38

The pharyngeal cavity

Question 39

What type of sounds are made using the root of the tongue?

Answer 39

Pharyngeal sounds

Question 40

What sounds in English are pharyngeal?

Answer 40

None

Question 41

What makes up vowel caveat?

Answer 41

Accent, dialect and individual variation

Question 42

What are the three ways to describe vowels?

Answer 42

Height, advancement and rounding

Question 43

What vowels are considered front vowels?

Answer 43

[i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ] and [a]

Question 44

What vowels are considered central?

Answer 44

[ʊ], [ə], [ʌ], [ɐ]

Question 45

What vowels are considered back?

Answer 45

[u], [o], [ɔ] and [ɑ]

Question 46

What is vowel height?

Answer 46

The vertical dimension which indicates the distance of the tongue body from the roof of the mouth

Question 47

What is the most important vowel classification?

Answer 47

Height

Question 48

What is vowel advancement?

Answer 48

The horizontal dimension which is forward or backward displacement of the tongue body

Question 49

List all high vowels

Answer 49

[i] [ɪ] [ʊ] [u]

Question 50

List all mid vowels

Answer 50

[e] [ɛ] [ə] [ʌ] [o] [ɔ] [æ] [ɐ]

Question 51

List all low vowels

Answer 51

[a] [ɑ]

Question 52

What is vowel rounding?

Answer 52

How rounded the lips are while articulating the vowel

Question 53

What are the rounded English vowels?

Answer 53

[u] [ʊ] [o] [ɔ]

Question 54

Define simple vowels

Answer 54

The tongue moves to one position and remains there for the duration of teh vowel

Question 55

Define complex vowels

Answer 55

Vowels that involve a continuous movement of teh tongue body from one position to another OR diphthong

Question 56

List the 5 English diphthongs

Answer 56

[ej] [aj] [aw] [ɔj] [ow]

Question 57

Name the active articulators when making bilabial sounds

Answer 57

The upper and lower lips

Question 58

Name the active and passive articulators when making labiodental sounds

Answer 58

Active: lower lip Passive: upper teeth

Question 59

Name the active and passive articulators when making dental sounds

Answer 59

Active: tongue tip Passive: back of the upper front teeth

Question 60

Name the active and passive articulators when making alveolar sounds

Answer 60

Active: tip or blade of tongue Passive: alveolar ridge

Question 61

Name the active and passive articulators when making postalveolar sounds

Answer 61

Active: tongue tip OR tongue blade Passive: Rear part of alveolar ridge

Question 62

Name the active and passive articulators when making retroflex sounds

Answer 62

Active: tongue tip Passive: hard palate

Question 63

Name the active and passive articulators when making palatal sounds

Answer 63

Active: front of the tongue Passive: hard palate

Question 64

Name the active and passive articulators when making velar sounds

Answer 64

Active: back of the tongue Passive: soft palate

Question 65

Name the active and passive articulators when making uvular sounds

Answer 65

Active: back of the tongue Passive: back of velum

Question 66

Name the active and passive articulators when making glottal sounds

Answer 66

Active: Vocal folds

Question 67

What are homorganic sounds?

Answer 67

Sounds that have the same active and passive articulators

Question 68

T/F: languages will often sequence homorganic consonants for ease of articulation

Answer 68

True

Question 69

T/F: consonants are more variable and change over time quicker than vowels

Answer 69

False; vowels are more variable and prone to change than consonants