COMD3500 Chapter 4
Quality
The perceptual character of a sound based on its acoustic resonance patterns
Diphthongs
Two sounds - diphthongs are actually two vowels that comprise one phoneme
Which vowels are affected by syllable stress? (Choose as many as apply)
e o ə
The difference between e and eɪ is: (Choose as many as apply)
e occurs in unstressed syllables eɪ occurs at ends of words
cars
karz
case
keɪs
cures
kjurz
course
kɔrs
cores
kɔrz
curse
kɝrs
cuss
kʌs
Which vowels are back? (Choose as many as apply)
o ɔ u
Which of the following is a rounded back vowel? Check all that apply.
o, u
Tense
/i, e, u, o, backwards c, and backwards upper case E with squiggle
In which of the following words would we find lip rounding? (Choose as many as apply)
ALL toad, put, herd, door
Rhotic diphthongs can also be called: (choose as many as apply)
r colored vowels, rhotacized vowels
The open o (or backwards c) or [ɔ] is: (Choose as many as apply)
slightly lower than [o] is always used in the transcription of "or" as [ɔr]
Which of the following list of words contains no front vowels? (Choose as many as apply)
soup soap supper and sought soft suit
Which of the following sets of vowels have no back vowels? (Choose as many as apply)
steed, stayed, stud
one can determine if a vowel is tense or lax by
stress duration muscular effort
We commonly use the wedge instead of the schwa when: (Choose as many as apply)
syllable is stressed, tongue is slightly lower and more backed
what is the primary articulator used in creating vowels?
the tongue
Every vowel in English has a unique articulatory position based on:
tongue height, tongue advancement, and lip rounding
The lax vowels are lower in height than their tense counterparts.
true
chows
t͡ʃaʊz
cheese
t͡ʃiz
chose
t͡ʃoz
choose
t͡ʃuz
Which vowels are lax? (Choose as many as apply)
æ ə ʌ
thou
ðaʊ
they
ðeɪ
thee
ði
though
ðoʊ
the
ðʌ
Which diphthong begins in the low mid back position and ends in the high front position?
ɔɪ
thigh
θaɪ
thaw
θɔ
Lax
I, E, ae, horseshoe, upside down e, upside down v, and sideways e with a squiggle.
Timbre
Synonym often used for quality
Onglide
First element of a diphthong
Spectrogram
Graphic representation of the three major parameters that describe the acoustic characteristic of any sound, including speech sounds
Monopthongs
One sound - they have one primary articulatory position in the vocal tract
Vowels
Phonemes that are produced without any appreciable constriction or blockage of air flow in the vocal tract.
Offglide
Second element of a diphthong
Match the symbol to its name.
ash is æ epsilon is ɛ schwa is ə upsilon is ʊ
Which diphthongs occur only in diphthong form?
aɪ, ɑʊ, ɔɪ
