Key to the exercises in Chapter 2

1. Transcribe the sound underlined in the words and describe it.（返回）
a) [f] voiceless labiodental fricative
b) [r] alveolar retroflex liquid
c) [] velar nasal
d) [k] voiceless velar stop
e) [s] voiceless alveolar fricative
f) [w] labiovelar glide
g) [] voiced palatal affricate
h) [] voiceless palatal affricate
i) [j] palatal glide
j) [h] voiceless glottal fricative
k) [i:] tense high front vowel
l) [i] lax high front vowel
m) [e] mid front vowel
n) [] low back vowel
o) [] low central vowel
p) [u:] tense high back vowel
q) [u] lax back high vowel
r) [] tense mid central vowel
s) [] lax mid back vowel
t) [] tense mid tack vowel

2. Write the phonetic symbol that corresponds to the articulatory description.（返回）

a) [m] 　b) [h] 　c) [w] 　d) [] 　e) [] 　f) [v] 　g) [l]

h) [s] 　i) [b] 　j) [j] 　k) [i:] 　l) [] 　m) [] 　n) []

o) [i] 　p) [] 　q) [u] 　r) [] 　s) [] 　t) []　　

3. State the phonetic feature(s) each group of sounds share.（返回）

a) voiced 　　b) fricative 　　c) palatal 　　d) labial 　e) alveolar

f) high 　　g) back/round 　　h) low 　　i) sonorant　　

4. Find out the phonetic feature that distinguishes the segments in column A from those in column B?（返回）

a) +nasal 　　b) +sonorant 　　c) -voiced

d) -low 　　e) +high 　　f) +tense