Practice Exercises-Tutorial#9-Fall2018

I. How many segments are there in the following words?

Note: A SEGMENT is an individual phone (sound).

a. and - e. knowledge –
b. thought – f. mailbox –
c. hopping – g. singer –
d. sound –

II.For each of the following words, identify the first sound using the IPA symbols

Example: though First sound: [ð ]

a. psychology First sound: [ ]

b. huge First sound: [ ]

c. choose First sound: [ ]

d. knee First sound: [ ]

e. shark First sound: [ ]

III. For each of the following words, identify the last sound using the IPA symbols

Example: packed last sound: [t]

a. judge last sound: [ ]

b. buns last sound: [ ]

c. aromatic last sound: [ ]

d. dancer last sound: [ ]

e. lamb last sound: [ ]

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IV. For each of the following pairs of sounds:

a. state whether they have the same or a different place of articulation
b. then identify the place of articulation for each sound
(The first one has been done for you.)

Example: [s]: [l] = same, alveolar

a. [ʧ]: [ʤ]
b. [p]: [g]
c. [θ]: [t]
d. [m]: [n]

V. The Vocal Tract and Place of Articulation

a. Label these articulators: 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,13 and 15
b. Then name the place of articulation for each articulator

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