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Assignment2-230928.docx 1/7 LING 110 Second Assignment (Phonetics and Phonology): Due 11am on 10/5 The answers must be submitted at Blackboard by 11am on 10/5 . Choose the BEST ANSWER among the alternatives provided for each question. There are 25 questions in total. Part 1: To answer the questions in (1)-(5), you must consult with the video clip in Slide 3 of Lecture 10. (1) How many times do you hear/see velar stops between 0.03 and 0.22 (starting with [ ə p h æ] and ending with [h ɛ k])? (Check one.) a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. 6 g. 7 h. 8 i. 9 (2) How many times do you hear/see bilabial stops between 0.03 and 0.26 (starting with [ ə p h æ] and ending with [hak])? (Check one.) a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. 6 g. 7 h. 8 i. 9 (3) How many times do you hear/see alveolar consonants between 0.11 and 0.22 (starting with [ ə dæ] and ending with [h ɛ k])? (Check one.) a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. 6 g. 7 h. 8 i. 9 O O &
Assignment2-230928.docx 2/7 (4) How many times do you hear/see velar stops between 0.19 and 0.46 (starting with [h ɛ p] and ending with [i a])? (Check one.) a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. 6 g. 7 h. 8 i. 9 (5) The vowel between 0.19-0.22 and the vowel between 0.22-0.26 differ in the following way: the tongue body is more toward the front of the mouth for the production of the former than for the production of the latter. (Check one.) a. True. b. False. Part 2: (6) / ɪ / and /i/ are two distinct phonemes in English (check one): a. True. The word tick and the word teak in English do not mean the same thing. b. True. They are distinct phonemes in any language. c. False. They are allophones in English. d. None of the above. (7) Which of the following illustrates a change from ‘voiceless’ to ‘voiced’ with all other features remaining invariant ? (Check one.) a. /v/ /f/ b. /t/ /ð/ c. /b/ /p/ d. a and b e. a and c f. b and c g. none of the above (8) In Mandarin Chinese, [pao] ‘full’ and [p h ao] ‘run’ have different meanings. This means (check one): (Note: [pao] and [p h ao] are spelled in Pinyin as “bao” and “pao.”) a. /p h / and /p/ in this language are allophones. b. /p h / and /p/ in this language are different phonemes. c. /p h / and /p/ in this language are not contrastive. d. /p/ becomes [p h ] in a certain phonological environment. (9) What is/are the feature(s) that is/are common to all of the sounds in the set [v, ž, ð, z]? (Check / O O O O * / * * O O X
Assignment2-230928.docx 3/7 one.) a. They are all voiceless stops. b. They are all voiced fricatives. c. They are all alveolar sounds. d. None of the above. (10) Which two of the following words show that [k] and [s] are distinct phonemes? (Aspiration is not indicated here.) (Check one.) [k ɪ t] kit [st ɪ k] stick [sak] sock [stak] stock [mæst] mast [mæsk] mask [s ɪ k] sick [tæsk] task [s ɪ t] sit [k ɪ s] kiss [sit] seat a. [t ɪ k] tick and [st ɪ k] stick b. [mæst] mast and [mæsk] mask c. [k ɪ t] kit and [s ɪ t] sit d. [s ɪ k] sick and [k ɪ s] kiss e. none of the above (11) Suppose a language has the following rule: A consonant between two adjacent vowels must be voiced. Which of the following words is NOT a possible word in that language? (Check one.) a. [briamig] b. [freðonis] c. [gošurnab] d. [čugoiθ] (12) What features are shared by the consonant sounds in the following English words? (Check one.) pie, my, by a. being "nasal" b. the place of articulation being "bilabial" c. being voiced d. the manner of articulation being "fricative" (13) Change from [i] to [ ɪ ] is about (check one): a. the height of the tongue b. the tenseness of the tongue c. the roundness of the lips C / · / * O > - X O
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