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DLAB Sound-Symbol Correspondence Flashcards

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  1. In a fictional script, writing a symbol backwards gives the opposite meaning. If '→' means 'forward,' then '←' means:

    Answer: Backward

    By the reversal rule, the backwards form of a symbol carries the opposite meaning, so '←' means 'backward.'

  2. A language uses red symbols for verbs and blue symbols for nouns. A sentence with the pattern blue-red-blue contains:

    Answer: Two nouns and one verb

    Blue = noun and red = verb, so two blue symbols and one red symbol yield two nouns and one verb.

  3. In a test language, doubled symbols double the sound's duration. If '⬛' = /m/, then '⬛⬛' represents:

    Answer: /mm/ (a long m sound)

    Doubling a symbol only affects duration, not the sound quality, so '⬛⬛' is simply a lengthened /mm/.

  4. A phonetic code has 5 vowel symbols and 15 consonant symbols. Which statement about a four-symbol word is necessarily true?

    Answer: It has exactly 4 phonemes

    With one sound per symbol, any four-symbol word represents exactly 4 phonemes regardless of vowel-consonant distribution.

  5. In an invented script, a symbol appearing twice in a row is always pronounced as a single sound (no gemination). The word 'drr-a-n' (with doubled r) is pronounced:

    Answer: /dran/

    The no-gemination rule collapses the doubled 'rr' into a single /r/, yielding /dran/.

  6. A test language assigns a unique symbol to each of its 24 phonemes. A spoken word with 5 distinct phonemes is written with:

    Answer: 5 symbols

    Since each phoneme maps to exactly one unique symbol, 5 phonemes always require exactly 5 symbols.