1.1.3 Investigating Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosodics

• Phonetic transcription using the IPA allows linguists to analyze the pronunciation
• Phonemes are the basic units of sound
• What is the study of stress, rhythm, and intonation in speech called?

  Prosodics
• What is the focus of phonetics in terms of speech sounds?

  Production, transmission, perception
• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses distinct symbols to represent individual speech sounds.

  True
• Phonetics studies the physical properties of speech sounds.
• What is the purpose of phonetic transcription using the IPA?

  Accurate sound representation
• Which area of phonetics studies how speech sounds are perceived by the auditory system?

  Auditory phonetics
• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a standardized system for representing the speech sounds of human languages.


  True
• Phonology studies the physical properties of speech sounds.

  False
• Phonotactics refers to the rules governing syllable structure in a language.


  True
• Prosodics can influence the tone and meaning of speech.


  True
• What does the IPA enable linguists and language learners to do?

  Study and represent speech
• Match the IPA feature with its description:

  Symbols ↔️ Unique symbols for speech sounds

  Transcription ↔️ Precise and detailed representation

  Comparison ↔️ Common framework for languages
• Articulatory phonetics focuses on how speech sounds are produced by sound waves.

  False
• Acoustic phonetics analyzes the acoustic properties of speech sounds as they travel through the air


  True
• The IPA uses unique symbols to represent individual speech sounds


  True
• The phonetic transcription of "cat" is /kæt/


  True
• Phonology studies the sound patterns
• Why is understanding allophones and free variation important in phonology?

  Reveals underlying sound patterns
• Allophones are in complementary distribution
• What is free variation in phonology?

  Interchangeable use of allophones
• What is phonetics the study of?

  Physical properties of speech sounds
• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses distinct symbols to represent speech sounds.


  True
• How is the word "cat" transcribed using the IPA?

  /kæt/
• What is the primary focus of phonetics?

  Physical properties of speech sounds
• What does the IPA allow for in pronunciation analysis?

  Precise and detailed transcription
• Match the area of phonetics with its definition:

  Articulatory Phonetics ↔️ How speech sounds are produced

  Acoustic Phonetics ↔️ How speech sounds are transmitted

  Auditory Phonetics ↔️ How speech sounds are perceived
• Phonology is concerned with the abstract, systematic aspects of speech sounds


  True
• Allophones change the meaning of a word when substituted for each other

  False
• What are allophones?

  Variants of a single phoneme
• In English, the /t/ phoneme has the allophones [t] and [ʔ].

  True
• Phonetic transcription uses the IPA to represent speech sounds
• What does articulatory phonetics focus on?

  Production of speech sounds
• Phonology studies the physical properties of speech sounds.

  False
• What does auditory phonetics study?

  Perception of speech sounds
• What is a phoneme?

  Building block of speech
• Match the feature with the correct term:

  Basic speech unit ↔️ Phoneme

  Variant of a phoneme ↔️ Allophone
• Free variation occurs when two allophones are used interchangeably
• What is phonotactics in linguistics?

  Rules of phoneme sequences