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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
A study set on reading, writing, and interpreting IPA symbols, covering consonant and vowel classification and transcription practice.
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- What is the IPA symbol for the voiceless postalveolar fricative, as in the 'sh' in 'ship'?Answer: [ʃ]
- Which two features distinguish [b] from [p]?Answer: Voicing — [b] is voiced, [p] is voiceless; they share the same place (bilabial) and manner (stop).
- What is the difference between [t] and [tʰ]?Answer: [tʰ] has a diacritic marking aspiration — a strong puff of air released after the stop — while [t] is unaspirated.
- On the vowel chart, how would you describe the vowel [i]?Answer: Close (high), front, unrounded.
- What manner of articulation describes [l]?Answer: Lateral approximant.
- Transcribe the word 'ship' in IPA.Answer: [ʃɪp]
- What does the diacritic [◌̃] (a tilde above a symbol) indicate?Answer: Nasalization — air is also passing through the nose during the sound's production.
- What is the place and manner of articulation for [g]?Answer: Velar stop (voiced).
- Which symbol represents the vowel sound in the English word 'cup' (in most dialects)?Answer: [ʌ]
- What does the length mark [ː] after a vowel indicate, and give an example.Answer: It indicates the vowel is pronounced with extra duration; e.g., [iː] as in the English word 'see' is longer than the…
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