Questions
1. What are phonemes?
2. Which of the following represents the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbol for the “sh” sound in “shoe”?
3. What is the term for the study of speech sounds in a specific language?
4. Which of the following pairs contains a minimal pair?
5. What do we call the process of sounds changing as they become more similar to adjacent sounds?
6. Which of the following is a voiced consonant?
7. What is the term for the accent or stress placed on certain syllables or words in speech?
8. Which of the following words has a different vowel sound compared to the others?
9. In which region of the mouth is the /t/ sound articulated?
10. Which term describes the rising and falling of the pitch in speech?
Answers
1. The basic unit of sound in a language
2. /ʃ/
3. Phonetics
4. pat – bat
5. Assimilation
6. /b/
7. Stress
8. leapfrog
9. Alveolar
10. Intonation