Halle-Clements Workbook p. 41

Phonetic Description

1. Give a phonetic description of the sounds that are represented by the following symbols. The description should mention (in order and where relevant) voicing, oral/nasal, point of articulation, manner of articulation (stop, fricative, etc.), and anything else of importance.

1. [t]
2. [v]
3. [γ]
4. [ǰ]
5. [β]
6. [k]
7. [m]
8. [ŋ]
9. [p^h]
10. [ɓ]
11. [t']
12. [d̪]
13. [ṣ]
14. [e]
15. [ɔ]
16. [ay]
17. [ɪ]

2. What is the phonetic symbol for the following sounds?

1. a glottal stop
2. a voiceless alveolar lateral
3. a voiceless velar fricative
4. a low front unrounded vowel
5. a lower (lax) high back rounded vowel
6. the sound you make when you blow out a candle