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The limited range of sounds which are meaningful in human linguistic communication and are of interest to linguistic studies are called the p medium of language.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

Speech sounds can be described in physical or a terms. Physically, sounds are transmitted, through the air from one person to another.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

Speech sounds can be described in physical or a terms. Physically, sounds are transmitted, through the air from one person to another.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

​​The articulatory apparatus of a human being are contained in the pharyngeal, o, and nasal cavities.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

The articulatory apparatus of a human being are contained in the pharyngeal, o, and nasal cavities.

Voicing as a quality of speech sounds is caused by the vibration of（ ）

Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds called voicing, which is a feature of（ ）

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false.Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

The nasal cavity is formed by the passage through the nose when the soft palate, the velum at the back of the mouth is lowered. The sounds thus produced are called nasals. In English there are three nasals: [m], [n] in man, and [ ŋ] in cling. 

If you put a finger in each ear and say "z-z-z-z-z", you can feel the vibrations of the（ ）

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.

voicing

The articulatory organs of a human being are contained in three important areas or cavities: the pharyngeal cavity, the oral cavity and the n cavity.

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.

voicing

The features that a phoneme possesses, making it different from other phonemes, are its distinctive features, also known as （）features.

To distinguish between phonemes and phones, linguistics use slashes / / for phonemic segments and use square brackets （） for phonetic segments. 

In English, a phoneme may be represented by two or more allophones. The choice of the allophone is（ ）

A phoneme consists of a collection of features, and can be realized as different speech sounds in different phonetic contexts called （）. 

（）can be simply defined as the speech sounds we use when speaking a language.

A pis a phonetic unit. It does not necessarily distinguish meaning.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following; statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. 

The consonant [p] is pronounced differently in the two words pit and spit. In the word pit, the sound [p] is a.

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.

To distinguish between phonemes and phones，linguists use slashes／／for phonetic segments and square brackets [ ] for phonemic segments.