Andres Luna

Partner: Tiffany Dial

Becky Laturnus
HW #2

1. Larynx (voicebox) is the one of the three basic components of

human antonym involved in speech production. It contains the
vocal folds and the glottis and its located in the throat on the
Adams apple and it is the sight of voice production.
2. Its useful to have a phonetic transcription system to be able to
unambiguously convey the important aspects of the
pronunciation of a given set of sounds with a written system of
symbols.
3. Write the phonetic symbol representing each of the following sounds.
a. voiceless post-alveolar affricate: []
b. voiced velar nasal: []
c. voiced glottal fricative: []
d. voiced labiodental fricative: [v]
e. voiced interdental fricative: []
f. voiced post-alveolar fricative: []
g. voiced alveolar lateral liquid: [l]

4. Write the three-part articulatory descriptions for the consonant sounds

represented by the following symbols.
a. [f]: voiceless labiodental fricative
b. [z]: voiced alveolar fricative
c. [n]: voiced alveolar nasal
d. []: voiced velar nasal
e. []: voiceless post-alveolar fricative
f. []: voiced alveolar retroflex liquid
g. []: voiced post-alveolar fricative
h. []: voiceless post-alveolar affricate
i. []: voiced velar stop
j. []: voiceless glottal stop

5. For each group of sounds, identify the segment that differs in place of articulation
from the other three. (Indicated in bold)
a. [s], [n], [], []
b. [k], [n], [], []
c. [m], [p], [l], [w]
d. [], [], [d], []
e. [t], [n], [d], [k]

 6.

k t m
p z
d f
v W
7. Forthethreesoundsthatyouwroteinthetoprowofthepreviousquestion,namethepassiveand
activearticulatorsthatareinvolvedinproducingthatsound.
a.[k]:Active
Passivevelum

b.[t]:Activeapex(tip)
Passivealveolarridge

c.[m]:Activelowerlip.
Passiveupperlip,

8. Write the four-part articulatory descriptions for the vowel sounds represented
by the following symbols.
a. []: high front unrounded lax
b. []: mid central unrounded lax
c. []: mid front unrounded lax
d. [u]: high back round tense
e. []: low front unrounded lax
f. []: high back round lax

9. Give the IPA symbol for the vowel that occurs in each word.
a. Sues: [u]
b. Sis: []
c. Sees: [i]
d. Suss: []
e. Sews: [o]
f. Sows: [o]
g. Says: []