Exam 3 Part 4 Flashcards

1
Q

True or false: The closing off the airflow through the nasal-pharyngeal passageway creates nasalized sounds

A

False

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2
Q

In terms of the vocal tract, air must come from the lungs, pass through the larynx and then be filtered by what 3 cavities?

A

Pharyngeal, oral, nasal

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3
Q

Consonants are _____ segments compared to vowels

A

Constricted

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4
Q

Said to be in non-overlapping (predictable) environments

A

Allophones of the same phoneme

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5
Q

What types of information do phonetic transcriptions contain (2)

A

Unpredictable and predictable

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6
Q

What is the speech chain’s most important component?

A

Feedback loop

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7
Q

Oral and nasal stops described articulatorily both have ___ constriction; however the differ in position of the ____

A

oral; velum

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8
Q

A _____ can serve as evidence for contrastive distribution

A

Minimal pair

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9
Q

A phonological rule can serve as evidence for ______ _____

A

Complementary distribution

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10
Q

What consonants can only serve as syllabic consonants in coda position when the nucleus of the unstressed syllable is a schwa

A

Liquid and nasal

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