Module 3 Quiz ( Introduction to Linguistics )

Go to this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61xIUzoMTTk or simply, scan the QR code

at the right side of this page. Watch and take notes of the relationship between
Phonetics and Phonology. Answer the questions that follow.

Process Questions:

1. What is Phonetics

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2. How is Phonetics different from Phonology?

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Study questions
1. What is the difference between acoustic phonetics and articulatory phonetics?
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2. Which of the following words normally end with voiceless (−V) sounds and which end
with voiced sounds (+V) sounds?

(a) bang (d) fizz (g) splat

(b) crash (e) rap (h) thud
(c) ding (f) smack (i) wham
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3. Try to pronounce the initial sounds of the following words and identify the place of
articulation of each one (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, etc.).

(a) calf- (e) hand - (i) shoulder -

(b) chin - (f) knee - (j) stomach -

(c) foot - (g) mouth - (k) thigh -

(d) groin - (h) pelvis - (l) toe -

Tasks
A. The relationship between the spelling and pronunciation of English words is not
always simple. Keeping this in mind, try to provide a basic phonetic representation of
the following words.
although, beauty, bomb, ceiling, charisma, choice, cough, exercise, hour, light,
phase, quiche, quake, sixteen, thigh, tongue, whose, writhe
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B. Using a dictionary if necessary, try to decide how each of the following words is
usually pronounced. Then, put the words in five lists as illustrations of each of the
sounds [eɪ], [i], [f], [k] and [ʃ]. Some words will be in more than one list.
air, belief, critique, crockery, Danish, gauge, giraffe, headache, keys, meat,
mission, nation, ocean, pear, people, philosopher, queen, receipt, scene, Sikh,
sugar, tough, weight
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C. The terms “obstruent” and “sonorant” are sometimes used in descriptions of

how consonants are pronounced. Among the types of consonants already
described (affricates, fricatives, glides, liquids, nasals, stops), which are
obstruents, which are sonorants, and why?
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Exercise 1
How many speech sounds are there in the following words? You can use
a dictionary to check your answers.
Example: cat – 3; book – 3; rattle – 4.

1) porch - 9) universal -

2) sculptures - 10) group -

3) cure - 11) mathematics -

4) surgeon - 12) word -

5) argue - 13) wrap -

6) sergeant - 14) psalmist -

7) mailbox - 15) prudential -

8) starring - 16) snub -

Question: What conclusion can you make about the relationship between the number of
letters and the number of speech sounds in the analyzed English words?
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Exercise 2
Mark stresses of the following words. Note that some words have primary and
secondary stress. If not sure, you can use a dictionary.

1) daylight 9) restaurant

2) day off 10) responsible

3) day-to-day 11) shoelace

4) day training 12) health club

5) monopolize 13) health centre

6) kangaroo 14) bacteriology

7) midstream 15) changeover

8) midsection 16) prosperity

Exercise 2
Transcribe the following words into their IPA transcriptions, as you would pronounce
them in isolation.
Mark the stresses. Then check your transcription with a dictionary.

1) political - 7) anguish -

2) development - 8) education -

3) pearl - 9) variable -

4) English - 10) saliva -

5) comprehensible- 11) component -

6) miniature - 12) predator -