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Phonetics: Practicing the Description of Consonants in Standard English 1.1

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This exercise provides practice at describing the consonants of Standard English using the parameters of articulation.

The order used is the following: voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. 

For each symbol, write down your description and then check your answer.

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Question 1

/s/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless alveolar fricative

Question 2

/z/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced alveolar fricative

Question 3

/ɾ/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: alveolar flap/tap (voiced by default)

Question 4

/tʃ/ (IPA) or /č/ (NA)

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless palato-alveolar (post-alveolar) affricate

Question 5

/t/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless alveolar stop (or plosive)

Question 6

/v/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced labiodental fricative

Question 7

/ɹ/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: alveolar rhotic liquid (approximant) (voiced by default) The status 'liquid' reflects an historical description, sine this phoneme was a true liquid. Synchronically, it behaves like a approximant.

Question 8

/ð/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced (inter)dental fricative

Question 9

/ʃ/ (IPA) or / š/ (NA)

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless palato-alveolar (post-alveolar) fricative

Question 10

/f/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless labiodental fricative

Question 11

/l/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: alveolar lateral liquid (approximant) (voiced by default)

Question 12

/dʒ/ (IPA) or /ǰ/ (NA)

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced palato-alveolar (post-alveolar) affricate

Question 13

/d/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced alveolar stop (or plosive)

Question 14

/j/ (IPA) or /y/ (NA)

Question 15

/θ/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless (inter)dental fricative

Question 16

/ʒ/ (IPA) or /ž/ (NA)

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced palato-alveolar (post-alveolar) fricative

Question 17

/p/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless bilabial stop (or plosive)

Question 18

/g/

A	Click to reveal to correct response Hint: voiced velar stop (or plosive)

Question 19

/n/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: alveolar nasal (voiced by default)

Question 20

/ʔ/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: (voiceless) glottal stop (or plosive)

Question 21

/ŋ/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: velar nasal (voiced by default)

Question 22

/h/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless glottal fricative

Question 23

/b/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiced bilabial stop (or plosive)

Question 24

/w/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: labiovelar glide (approximant) (voiced by default)

Question 25

/m/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: bilabial nasal (voiced by default)

Question 26

/k/

A	Click to reveal correct response Hint: voiceless velar stop (or plosive)

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