________ is a central vowel.
A. [e]
B. [i]
C. [u]
D. [ə]
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According to manner of articulation, [m] is a _________.
A. bilabial
B. plosive
C. nasal
D. lateral
Which of the following statement is true?
A. Larynx is sometimes what we call "Adam's Apple".
B. The International Phonetic Alphabet uses narrow transcription.
C. There are two nasal consonants in English.
D. It is sounds by which we make communicative meaning.
________ are a set of vowel qualities artificially defined, fixed and unchanging, intended to provide a frame of reference for the description of the actual vowels of existing languages.
A. Diphthongs
B. Pure Vowels
Cardinal Vowels
D. Vowel Glides
The word _____ simply refers to " a unit of explicit sound contrast": the existence of a minmal pair automatically grants phonemic status to the sounds responsible for the contrasts.
A. allophone
B. phoneme
C. sound
D. syllable