Phonology: Features of Consonants MOA and POA 1.1

June 9, 2015 By Robin Aronow

Phonology: Features of Consonants – MOA and POA 1.1

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This exercise will help you use manners and places of articulation and features such as voicing to describe sets of phonemes . Note that you are not describing natural classes, but simply selecting one feature that all phonemes in a set share. There is sometimes discrepancy as to the status of /r/ in Standard English. We hold that what is commonly transcribed as /r/ is actually /ɹ/, with the former being a trill and the latter being a rhotic approximant, which was a trill historically. This is why /r/ is considered a liquid at the introductory level (trills are liquids). Thus, in keeping with the majority of introductory level texts, /r/ and /l/ will be referred to as liquids.

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Question 1

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/l, w, ɹ, j/

A	approximants
B	liquids Hint: Only /l, ɹ/ are liquids. /l, w, ɹ, j/ are each approximants.
C	glides Hint: Only /w, j/ are glides. /l, w, ɹ, j/ are each approximants.

Question 2

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/ʒ, ʃ, tʃ/

A	voiceless Hint: Only /tʃ, ʃ/ are voiceless. /ʒ/ is voiced. /tʃ, ʒ, ʃ/ are each palato-alveolar, or post-alveolar.
B	fricative Hint: /ʒ/ is an affricate. /ʒ, ʃ/ are fricatives /tʃ, ʒ, ʃ/ are each palato-alveolar, or post-alveolar.
C	palato-alveolar, or post-alveolar

Question 3

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/l, t, n/

A	stop/plosive Hint: Only /t/ is a stop. /l, t, n/ are each alveolar.
B	alveolar
C	liquid Hint: Only /l/ is a liquid. /l, t, n/ are each alveolar.

Question 4

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/l, n, ɹ, s/

A	liquid Hint: Only /l, ɹ/ are liquids. /l, n, ɹ, s/ are each alveolar.
B	alveolar
C	fricative Hint: Only /s/ is a fricative. /l, n, ɹ, s/ are each alveolar.

Question 5

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/b, p, m, w/

A	glide Hint: Only /w/ is a glide. /b, p, m, w/ are each bilabial.
B	stop/plosive Hint: Only /p/ and /b/ are stop/plosives. /b, p, m, w/ are each bilabial.
C	bilabial

Question 6

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/d, ð, l, s/

A	voiced Hint: Only /d, ð, l/ are voiced. /s/ is voiceless. /d, ð, l, s/ are each alveolar.
B	alveolar
C	fricative Hint: Only /ð, s/ are fricatives. /d, ð, l, s/ are each alveolar.

Question 7

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/ʒ, g, dʒ, j/

A	palato-alveolar Hint: Only /ʒ, dʒ/ are palato-alveolar. /g/ is velar. /ʒ, g, dʒ, j/ are each voiced.
B	approximants Hint: Only /j/ is an approximant. /ʒ, g, dʒ, j/ are each voiced.
C	voiced

Question 8

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/s, ð, ʃ, h/

A	alveolar Hint: Only /s/ is an alveolar. /s, ð, ʃ, h/ are each fricatives.
B	fricative
C	voiceless Hint: Only /s, ʃ, h/ are voiceless. /s, ð, ʃ, h/ are each fricatives.

Question 9

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/t, g, d/

A	stop/plosive
B	alveolar Hint: Only /t, d/ are alveolar. /g/ is velar. /t, g, d/ are each stop/plosives.
C	voiced Hint: Only /t/ is voiceless. /t, g, d/ are each stop/plosives.

Question 10

Select the feature that best describes the set of phonemes below.

/f, h, tʃ/

A	voiceless
B	palato-alveolar, or post-alveolar Hint: Only /tʃ/ is palato-alveolar, or post-alveolar. /f, h, tʃ/ are each voiceless.
C	fricative Hint: Only /f, h/ are fricatives. /tʃ/ is an affricate. /f, h, tʃ/ are each voiceless.

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