Assignment 1 Phonetics
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Jada Vickerie
Phonetics CSDO 225
A.How many phonemes are there in each of the following words? Circle the
words that have the same number of phonemes as letters.
A. bread
B. throw
C. plot 4
D. fluid 5
E. fat 3
F. walked
B. How many morphemes are there in the following words?
clueless 2
pumpkin
1
cheddar
1
winterized 3
thoughtlessness 2
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 the correct
matches.
1. box flack puss
3. flag lounge league
5. throw cow beau
7. tomb limb bob
9. laugh giraffe bough
D. When the sounds in the words below are reversed, they make another word.
What is the new word in each case, after reversing the sounds?
net
ten
pots
spots
gnat
tang
need
deen dean?
main
name
pin
nip
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
Jada Vickerie
Phonetics CSDO 225
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.
maybe, baby
plaid, prod
looks, lacks
mail, mailed
prance, prince
bribe, tribe
smart, dart
shout, pout
window, minnow
lumpy, bumpy
For the underlined syllables, indicate whether they are open (O) or closed (C).
marble closed
patron closed
sodium open
mistake closed
profit closed
Examine the following words. Indicate whether the first syllable has an onset
and/or a coda by placing an “X” in the appropriate column.
OnsetCoda
Examples:
Yes
No
Yes
No
1. mentions
X
X
3. camper
X
X
5. able
X
X
7. charming
X
X
9. Japan
X
X
Jada Vickerie
Phonetics CSDO 225
Indicate the primary stress for each of the following two-syllable words. Write “1”
if the first syllable has primary stress or “2” if the second syllable has primary
stress.
1. loser 1
3. anxious 1
5. Grecian 1
7. stagnant 1
9. germane 2
11. plastic 1
13. western
15. defer 2
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 1
3. indigent 2
5. arabesque 3
7. indisposed 1
9. magenta 3
10. platypus 2
13. foundation 1
15. constable 1
Indicate the primary stress for each of the following four-syllable words. Write “1,”
“2,” or “3” to indicate the syllable with primary stress.
2. mercenary 2
4. ecosystem 1
6. correlation 1
8. continuant 2
10. carnivorous 1
12. contradiction 1
14. Argentina 1
Chapter 3, Page 50
Fill in the blank with the appropriate answer.
The basic rate of vocal fold vibration is called fundamental frequency.
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