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phonetics / fənɛtɪks / Ch. 2 Phonetic Transcription of English, page 32 Review Exercises A, B, C, E, G, H, I, J, K odd numbers only, L even numbers only. A. How many phonemes are there in each of the following words? Circle (highlight) the words that have the same number of phonemes as letters. 1. Bread- 4 2. coughs 3. throw- 3 4. news 5. plot- 4 6. stroke 7. fluid - 5 8. spew 9. fat - 3 10. tomb 11. walked- 4 12. last B. How many morphemes are there in the following words? 1. Clueless- 2 2. tomato 3. pumpkin- 1 4. likable 5. cheddar- 1 6. rewrite 7. winterized- 3 8. edits 9. thoughtlessness- 3 10. coexisting C. Listed below are three columns of words. Decide if the words in columns 2 or 3 end in the same phoneme as the words in the first column. Circle (highlight) the correct matches. 1. box flack puss 2. buzz dogs fits 3. flag lounge league 4. cooked pant nagged 5. throw cow beau 6. through chow flew 7. tomb limb bob 8. fleas wheeze mice

9. laugh giraffe bough 10. path bathe cloth E. For the following set of items, circle the one that begins with a sound different from the other two. 1. church chef chop 2. see cent cut 3. think this these 4. knee came nut 5. phone please frost 6. song sure sheep 7. gnaw geese ghost 8. cup choir chore 9. gerbil goat George 10. their thanks thing G. Circle the following pairs of words that are minimal pairs. 1. maybe, baby 2. plaid, prod 3. looks, lacks 4. mail, mailed 5. prance, prince 6. bribe, tribe 7. smart, dart 8. shout, pout 9. window, minnow 10. lumpy, bumpy H. For the underlined syllables, indicate whether they are open (O) or closed (C). 1. marble- C 2. previous 3. patron- C 4. trifle 5. sodium- O 6. awesome 7. mistake- C 8. lucky 9. profit- C I. Examine the following words. Indicate whether the first syllable has an onset and/or a coda by placing an “X” in the appropriate column.

K. Indicate the primary stress for each of the following three-syllable items. Write “1”, “2,” or “3” to indicate the syllable with primary stress. 1. provincial-2 2. sorceress 3. indigent-1 4. commander 5. arabesque-3 6. hypocrite 7. indisposed-3 8. uncertain 9. magenta-2 10. platypus 11. picturesque-3 12. relegate 13. foundation-2 14. contagious 15. constable-1 L. Indicate the primary stress for each of the following four-syllable words. Write “1,” “2,” or “3” to indicate the syllable with primary stress. 1. problematic 2. mercenary- 1 3. statistical 4. ecosystem-1 5. gregarious 6. correlation-3 7. catamaran 8. continuant-2 9. allegory

10. carnivorous-2 11. protozoan 12. contradiction-1 13. protoplasm 14. Argentina-1 15. obstructionist  Ch. 3 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism, page 50 o Review Exercises B, D, E B. Fill in the blank with the appropriate answer. 1. The basic rate of vocal fold vibration is called fundamental frequency . 2. The mandible is another name for the lower jaw. 3a. The anatomical term anterior means in front of 3b. The anatomical term inferior means in below . 3c. The anatomical term superior means above . 3d. The anatomical term posterior means to the rear . 4. The diaphragm i s a major muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen. 5. Subglottal pressure is the air pressure below the vocal folds. 6. The blade is the portion of the tongue just posterior to the tip. The tip is also known as the apex . 7. The tongue dorsum is composed of the front and the back . 8. Another name for sound quality is timbre

9. K erosene-E 10. Th ink-A a) dental b) labial c) palatal d) alveolar e) velar