English Language Phonetics and Orthography Quiz

The letter 'v' represents a voiced consonant where vocal cords vibrate during its pronunciation.

The letter 'M' is a bilabial consonant as it is pronounced by bringing both lips together.

The letter 'T' is an example of an alveolar consonant as it is pronounced by making contact with the alveolar ridge.

The letter 'S' is an example of a fricative consonant as it is produced by forcing air through a narrow opening.

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word in a particular language.

Flour and flower are homophones as they sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

The word 'fight' contains a diphthong, where two vowel sounds are pronounced within the same syllable.

Phonological reduction refers to the process where the pronunciation of a word becomes simplified over time.

Phonology is the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language.

The word 'cat' is an example of an open syllable as it ends with a vowel sound.

Diacritics in English phonetics are used to indicate specific variations in the pronunciation of vowel sounds.

The word 'knight' has a silent 'k,' where the 'k' is not pronounced.

The IPA symbol /ð/ represents the voiced dental fricative sound.

The symbol ŋ in IPA represents a nasal vowel sound.

Elision is the process of omitting or simplifying sounds in the pronunciation of a word over time.

The letter 'C' in 'psychology' represents a voiceless velar plosive sound.