Phonetics Exam 2

Which of the following pairs of words contain the same vowel phonemes?

"beet" and "seal"

ɔɪ "oy" on and offglide

- Onglide: low back for /ɔ/ - Offglide: high front for /ɪ/ onglide= rounded offglide= unrounded

aɪ "eye" on and offglide

- Onglide: low central/back for /a/ - Offglide: high front for /ɪ/ - Onglide: Unrounded - Offglide: Closing motion

aʊ "ow" onglide & offglide

- Onglide: low central/back for /a/ - Offglide: high-mid back for /ʊ/ onglide= unrounded offglide= rounded

Differing letter sequences that represent the same phoneme are called digraphs.

FALSE

u ʊ o oʊ ɔ ɑ

back vowels

ə ʌ ɝ ɚ

central vowels

aɪ ɔɪ aʊ

diphthongs

e vs eɪ

e= unstressed eɪ= stressed, one syllable word, Syllable that ends in the vowel

In the word 'baked, the vowel in the word is represented by the phoneme _________

eɪ

i ɪ e eɪ ɛ æ

front vowels

In the word 'poking, the vowel phoneme in the second syllable of the word (ing) is ____

i or ɪ

In 'lactose, the vowel phoneme in the second syllable of the word is ____ (primary stress is on first syllable)

o

o vs. oʊ

o= unstressed oʊ= stressed, one syllable word, Syllable that ends in the vowel

The vowel phoneme in the first syllable of the word 'poking, (primary stress is on first syllable) is ____

oʊ

Which words are used to describe lip rounding?

rounded, unrounded, spread, neutral

In u'nite, the vowel phoneme in the first syllable of the word is ____ (primary stress is on second syllable)

u

Which of the following is not a diphthong?

æ

In the word 'naughty, the vowel in the first syllable of the word (naugh) is represented by the phoneme ____

ɔ or ɑ

In the word 'moisture (primary stress on first syllable), what is the vowel in the first syllable?

ɔɪ

In the word 'tore, what vowel phoneme is represented?

ɔɹ

In a'bove, the vowel phoneme in the first syllable of the word is ____ (primary stress is on second syllable ('bove).

ə

In the word 'skeleton, the vowel in the second syllable ("e") is represented by the phoneme ______

ə

ʌ vs ə

ə= unstressed ʌ= stressed, one syllable word, Syllable that ends in the vowel

In 'clutter, the vowel phoneme in the second syllable of the word is ______.

ɚ

ɝ vs ɚ

ɚ= unstressed ɝ= stressed, one syllable word, Syllable that ends in the vowel

In the word 'skeleton, the vowel in the first syllable ("skel") is represented by the phoneme ______

ɛ

What vowel phoneme is represented in the word 'fair?

ɛɹ

In the word 'curds, the vowel phoneme in the word is ____

ɝ

In the word 'dirt, the phoneme for the vowel sound you would use is __________

ɝ

In 'woodchip, the vowel phoneme in the first syllable of the word is ____ (primary stress is on first syllable)

ʊ

In 'clutter, the vowel phoneme in the first syllable of the word is ____.

ʌ

In a'bove, the vowel phoneme in the second syllable of the word is ____ (primary stress is on second syllable)

ʌ

Digraph

Pairs of letters that represent one sound