Questions & Answer about Phonetics

Questions & Answer about Phonetics













1/

What is phonetics ?








phonetics is the scientific study of phones(sounds).







2/
What is acoustic phonetics ?









Acoustic is the physical description of sounds.








3/What
is articulatory phonetics?







It is the study of how to articulate the organs of
speech in order to speak.








4/
In which case can we pronounce (r) or can
not ?








5/
What is the relation between letter and sound
in Arabic ?









It is reciprocal and bilateral .




6/
What is the relation between letter and sound
in English
?








It is a different reality , because the relation is



"ad hoc
" that means
there is no rule we can follow .








7/
What is the difference between Arabic and
English?






1- spelling and writing .






2- intonation .






3- stress .














8/
What is a syllable ?






It is a part of the word which is determined (case)
by
respiratory pulse .







?


9/
In which case can we find stress





When
we have a word of two syllables or more .





10/

What is the meaning of stress ?






The syllable on which we have emphasis .








11/
Is stress obligatory in English ?






Yes, when a word has 2 syllables or more .









12/

What is a loud sound

?



Is the result of the loud(high) air pressure .











13/
What is voice ?






Voice is the result of the movement (vibrations)of
the vocal cords (vocal folds).











14/

What is the link between voice and stress
?






Stress is translated by voice.






(voice is one of the three ways to render stress ).








15/
How do the vocal cords produce voice ?



By explosions . (vibrations of the vocal cords)











16/
How can we change voice ?




If the time between the explosions is very short
voice will be low , and if the explosions are rapid
(fast) voice will be high .










17/
What is continuous sounds ?



It is a result of thousands of explosions in one
second .










18/
What is speech?



It is modification (change) of the air by movement
of the organs of speech .








19/
What is the equivalent of loudness for the
speaker?



High or low air pressure .










20/ Who is concerned by loudness?


The
listener .








21/
Who is concerned by air pressure?







The speaker .








22/
What is tone ?






Variation of speed of the vocal cords .







23/
How can we make (produce) tone ?







By changing the speed of the vocal cords .







24/

What is the link between tone and stress
?






stress is variation between high or low tone .







26/

who is concerned by pitch
(tone)?








the hearer .





28/
what is rule exception of stress ?






ous , eous , ic , tion , ity and sion .












29/
what is the name of (

)?



Schwa .



The syllable





30/What is a sound ?






It is the result of the air movement from lungs to
the oral







or nasal cavity.


.







31/How do pronounce
(L) in English ?







First, clear (
) in initial and medial position (low, light,
look, late).









Second, dark (
) in final positions (small).







Third, lateral fricative (
) after plosive in initial position






(p
lay)







Forth, zero (
) (should, half ).







33/ What is a vowel ?






A sound which is produced with free movement of air
without any obstruction or obstacle in the
oral cavity.



34/What
is a consonant ?






A sound which is produced when the organs of speech
come close together or touch( in contact).



35/What
is the relation between sound and letter
in English ?






No relation between them. And if the have relation
it will
be multiple .






36/What is assimilation ?






It is a process by which two sounds merge in order
to form
or give a third one .







37/What
is role of velum ?






If the velum rise the sound going out from oral
cavity and if
the velum close the oral cavity the sound going out
from nasal cavity.









Assimilation








37/give the phonetic results of the following
combinations
and
example ?
(sounds not letters)



( t + j )
-
( d + j )
-
( s + j )
-
( z + j


)







*( t + j ) = (


)



- last year =
, meat you =



*( d + j ) = (


)



- I need you =







*( s + j ) = (


)



-
I miss you =









*( z + j ) = (


)



- he needs you =
, he sees you =







/What is a gemination?

38






(It is a part of assimilation) when be have two
sounds combined
to give the second one with stress on it






Gemination



*the first sound will not be released .



Plosive 1 +
plosive 2
= plosive 2 with stress






p
p



t
t



k
k






b
b



d
d



g
g







*examples:



Good +
boy
= goo'boy



Good + place = goo'place




Good +
day
= goo'day



Good +
goal =
goo'goal



Good +
try
=
goo'try



Last
+
day
= las'day



Sick +
person= sic'person







*( d + b ) = (b) with stress.



- good boy .







*(d + m ) = (m) with stress.



- good morning .







** Definitions:



- Voiced sound : sound produced (with)
as a result of the
movements of the vocal cords.








-Voiceless :
sound produced without the movements of the
vocal cords .











-
Voiceless consonant :
A sound which is produced
when the organs of speech come close together
or touch


without
the movements of the vocal cords .








- Voiceless plosive : air comes from the
lungs and produce
sound without movement of the vocal cords .












- Manner of articulation : is a way of going
out of the air.







- Place of articulation: when organs of
speech come together
like (lips or tongue with alveolar ridge).






- Phonetics symbol : is a symbol that is
regard sound and
always between blanks
e.g : { j }, { s }.