Phonology Trivia Questions
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This smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word distinguishes "bat" from "pat."
Difficulty: Easy- Phoneme
- Morpheme
- Syllable
- Grapheme
Sounds like /s/, /z/, /sh/, and /zh/ are produced with high-frequency turbulent noise and are called this.
Difficulty: Medium- Liquids
- Affricates
- Sonorants
- Sibilants
The OT constraint penalizing insertion of segments not present in the input is called this.
Difficulty: Hard- MAX
- IDENT
- DEP
- LINEARITY
Sounds like /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/, and /g/ are produced with some obstruction in the vocal tract and are called this.
Difficulty: Easy- Consonants
- Vowels
- Tones
- Accents
The principle that sounds in a syllable rise in sonority toward the nucleus then fall is called this.
Difficulty: Medium- Phonotactic constraint
- Sonority hierarchy
- Syllable contact law
- Onset maximization
The situation in rule ordering where two rules must apply in a specific sequence to produce the correct output is called a ______ interaction.
Difficulty: Hard- Bleeding
- Feeding
- Counter-bleeding
- Mutual
This term describes sounds made when the vocal cords vibrate, such as /b/, /d/, /g/, and /z/.
Difficulty: Easy- Voiceless
- Aspirated
- Voiced
- Nasal
A sound change where a consonant weakens, such as a stop becoming a fricative, is called this.
Difficulty: Medium- Lenition
- Fortition
- Gemination
- Degemination
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