Phonology and Phonetics (Warm-Up) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 14 Public

A funny diagnostic quiz/game to check out students' knowledge about phonology and phonetics.

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What is Phonology?

It is essentially the description of the systems and patterns of speech sound in a language.

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Which is the theory Phonology studies are based on?

It is, in effect, based on the theory of what every speaker of a language unconsciously knows about the sound patterns of that language.

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What is Phoneme?

A phoneme is the smallest unit in the sound system of a language.

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What is Phonetics?

It is the general study of the characteristics of speech sounds.

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The study of how speech sounds are made or articulated is...

articulatory phonetics

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Type of phonetics study that deals with the physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air...

acoustic phonetics

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The study deals with the perception, via the ear, of speech sounds...

auditory phonetics

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The most widely used phonetic script is the...

International Phonetic Alphabet

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Mention at least 5 places of articulation.

Bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal

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Mention at least 5 manners of articulation

Nasal, stop, fricative, affricative, approximant, lateral

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The difference between vowels and consonants is...

that consonants involve some constriction of airflow, whereas vowels do not.

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What're the criteria to describe consonant sounds?

Voicing, place of articulation, manner of articulation.

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The types of vowel sounds are...

Monophthongs and diphthongs.

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The three criteria that linguists use to describe vowel sounds are...

Height, backness, roundedness

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