Type in the term to which the definition and/or example below applies.

Be careful not to misspell the word.

Check if your answer is in the cheat sheet provided with this quiz—it should be one of the items on that list.

If the expected answer is a noun, do not add the article a or the.

an organ of the neck of situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus; commonly called the voice box

noun

Type in the term to which the definition and/or example below applies.

Be careful not to misspell the word.

Check if your answer is in the cheat sheet provided with this quiz—it should be one of the items on that list.

If the expected answer is a noun, do not add the article a or the.

the direction of a process in which a segment which follows causes the segment which precedes to change

adjective — use the term listed in the cheat sheet as there are two other adjectives which make sense here, but are not in the key to the question

Type in the term to which the definition and/or example below applies.

Be careful not to misspell the word.

Check if your answer is in the cheat sheet provided with this quiz—it should be one of the items on that list.

If the expected answer is a noun, do not add the article a or the.

used to describe a consonant whose narrow transcription will include the diacritic [ ̠ ], e.g. [ t̠ ]

adjective (or maybe a past participle)

Consider the nonce word lanicket /ˈlænɪkɪt/, invented only for the purpose of this question.

If one adds derivational suffixes to it, one can create new words, for instance the one presented below:

lanicketous

Type in the number of the syllable—count them left-to-right—which is most likely to bear primary stress.

Type in 1 for the first syllable, 2 for the second, 3 for the third (if there is one), etc.

Consider the 12 examples provided below—they are in GenBrit transcription in a system similar, though not identical, to our usual transcription system; note that there are no IPA syllable-breaking dots between vowels.

/kəˌmjuːnɪkəˈbɪlətiː/

Type in the exact number of examples which are octosyllabic, i.e. they consist of exactly eight syllables.

! do not spell the number out — write it using digits instead, e.g. 1 rather than one

Say if the example provided below meets the phonotactic criteria for being a word of English, either native or borrowed from another language.

If a given example could exist only if part of it were a suffix, e.g. —s, ’s, or —ed, the answer is “Yes.”

If two transcriptions are provided next to each other, separated with a double pipe (||), the one on the left is supposed to be GenBrit, the one on the right—GenAm. They are either both ‘good’ or they are both ‘bad,’ for the same reason.

/ˈplɔː/

Say if the example provided below meets the phonotactic criteria for being a word of English, either native or borrowed from another language.

If a given example could exist only if part of it were a suffix, e.g. —s, ’s, or —ed, the answer is “Yes.”

If two transcriptions are provided next to each other, separated with a double pipe (||), the one on the left is supposed to be GenBrit, the one on the right—GenAm. They are either both ‘good’ or they are both ‘bad,’ for the same reason.

/ˈkʃɪm/

Say if the example provided below meets the phonotactic criteria for being a word of English, either native or borrowed from another language.

If a given example could exist only if part of it were a suffix, e.g. —s, ’s, or —ed, the answer is “Yes.”

If two transcriptions are provided next to each other, separated with a double pipe (||), the one on the left is supposed to be GenBrit, the one on the right—GenAm. They are either both ‘good’ or they are both ‘bad,’ for the same reason.

/ˈɔːre.əʊ || ˈɔːre.oʊ/

Say if the example provided below meets the phonotactic criteria for being a word of English, either native or borrowed from another language.

If a given example could exist only if part of it were a suffix, e.g. —s, ’s, or —ed, the answer is “Yes.”

If two transcriptions are provided next to each other, separated with a double pipe (||), the one on the left is supposed to be GenBrit, the one on the right—GenAm. They are either both ‘good’ or they are both ‘bad,’ for the same reason.

/ˈhækŋiː/

Say if the example provided below meets the phonotactic criteria for being a word of English, either native or borrowed from another language.

If a given example could exist only if part of it were a suffix, e.g. —s, ’s, or —ed, the answer is “Yes.”

If two transcriptions are provided next to each other, separated with a double pipe (||), the one on the left is supposed to be GenBrit, the one on the right—GenAm. They are either both ‘good’ or they are both ‘bad,’ for the same reason.

/ˈskɑː || ˈskɑːr/