1. Linguistics 1 Phonetics
Week 4
Phonetics Parts 1-3

2. Topics for Phonetics Speech is an unbroken stream of sound
Speed and accuracy of speech as evidence of the “language instinct”
“Same sounds” may actually be different
Duality of Patterning
Articulatory phonetics: consonants
Articulatory phonetics: vowels
Pronunciation/speech vs. writing
Types of writing systems
Orthography as a practical way to represent a language for its speakers

3. Wave form for “Say ‘q’ all nine times.”
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4. Identify the sentence that corresponds to each of the wave forms.
(1) (2) (3)
Say “u” all 9 lines.
Say “q” all 9 lines.
Say “u” all 10 lines.
Say “q” all 10 lines.
Say “u” all 9 times.
Say “q” all 9 times.
Say “u” all 10 times.
Say “q” all 10 times.
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5. What is the source of humor in these riddles and puns?
Where do you find giant snails? (On the ends of giants’ fingers.)
Which president was least guilty? (Lincoln. He is in a cent.)
Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
“Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote.”
They all depend on how they are spelled.
They all require knowledge of English idioms.
They all involve breaking the speech stream at different points.
They have nothing obvious in common.
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6. Match the pairs of underlined spellings with their actual pronunciations.
[ʔ ~ ɾ]
[l ~ ɫ]
[ʌy ~ ay] (most students probably will not make this distinction)
[ɾ ~ t]
[n ~ ŋ]
[th ~ t]
[ž ~ z]
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7. Duality of Patterning
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8. For each example, select the best answer:
(1) (2) (3)
Illustrates Duality of Patterning
Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning
Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning
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9. For each example, select the best answer:
(1) (2) (3)
Illustrates Duality of Patterning
Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning
Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning
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10. For each example, select the best answer:
(1)
(2)
Illustrates Duality of Patterning
Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning
Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning

11. Select the best answer:
Illustrates Duality of Patterning
Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning
Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning

12. Articulatory Phonetics: Consonants
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Articulatory Phonetics: Consonants
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13. Select the correct description for the consonant depicted in each diagram.
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(2)
(3)
voiceless labiodental fricative
voiced velar stop
voiceless alveolar stop
voiceless (inter)dental fricative
voiced alveolar nasal
voiced alveolar fricative
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14. Select the correct description for the consonant depicted in each diagram.
(4)
(5)
(6)
voiceless labiodental fricative
voiced velar stop
voiceless alveolar stop
voiceless (inter)dental fricative
voiced dental nasal
voiced alveolar fricative
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15. Articulatory Phonetics: Vowels
Vowel
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Articulatory Phonetics: Vowels
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16. Match the phonetic vowel symbols in the table with the pronounced vowels in the words.
fleck
lack
lake
leak
lick
like
lock
Loke (a Cantonese name)
look
lout
luck
L. Luke
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17. What is your your "home" language, basically, the language you grew up speaking with your parents?
English
Spanish
Korean
Mandarin Chinese
Cantonese
Vietnamese
Farsi/Persian
Hindi
Tagalog
Other
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18. For each of the following sounds decide whether it is found in your home language or not.
[θ]
[x]
[ǰ]
[ü]
[æ]
[ɯ]
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19. What types of writing systems do Chinese and Korean have?
Both are logographic
Both are phonetic
Chinese is logoraphic, Korean is phonetic
Chinese is phonetic, Korean is logoraphic
I have no idea
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20. What types of writing systems do Japanese and Korean have?
Both are syllabic
Both are phonetic
Japanese is phonetic, Korean is syllabic
Japanese is syllabic, Korean is phonetic
I have no idea
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21. None. It is always a logogram.
Here are three words in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The symbol with wavy lines represents waves of water. In which word is it used for its phonetic value?
’river’
‘water’
‘vulture’
None. It is always a logogram.
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22. Which of the putative features of orthographies help us understand this joke?
Orthographies are less rigid than phonetic writing
Orthographies can separate meaning from pronunciation
Orthographies don’t change rapidly over time
Orthographies facilitate cross-cultural communication
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23. Here is a page from a little book defining words in “Southern”
Here is a page from a little book defining words in “Southern”. Why would this not be amusing if it were written in standard orthography?
Standard English orthography is a representation of a dialect other than this one
English orthography is not a purely phonetic representation
English orthography would spell all homophones the same way
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24. Orthography is more stable than pronunciation
Comparing Chaucerian and modern English: Chaucer wrote in the 14th Century. Why is it easier for us to understand the words in the black column than those in the blue column?
Orthography is more stable than pronunciation
Chaucer followed the same spelling conventions as those of modern English
We are used to hearing pronunciations of Chaucer’s time
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