CHAPTER I - PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

1-………………deals with how speech sounds are produced, transmitted, and perceived.

• A- Grammar

• B- Phonotactics

• C- Phonetics

• D- Text linguistics

2- .................. phonetics deals with how speech sounds are perceived by the listener.

• A - Articulatory

• B- Acoustic

• C- Experimental

• D- Auditory

3- .......... phonetics deals with the transmission of speech sounds through the air.

• A- Articulatory

• B- Acoustic

• C- Experimental

• D- Auditory

4- Which of the following is not considered as (an) articulator(s)?

• A- the tongue

• B- the lips

• C- the velum

• D- the ears

5- ... ....is the study or description of the distinctive sound units of a language and their relationship to one another.

• A- Phonetics

• B- Phonology

• C-Semantics

• D- Pragmatics

6-The production of different speech sounds through the use of the organs of speech is known as . . . . . . . .

• A- assimilation

• B- dissimilation

• C- articulation

• D- syllabification

7- Which of the following is not an aspect of the speech sounds as a physical event?

• A- Physiological

• B- Acoustic

• C- Articulatory

• D- Comprehensive

8- Besides having the physical properties, the speech sound also have… when they are used as distinctive units of sounds in a language.

• A- thematic function

• B- stylistic function

• C- affective function

• D- distinctive function

9- The term… is applied for the study of the more abstract, the more functional, or the more psychological aspects of speech.

• A- phonetics

• B- phonology

• C- grammar

• D-semantics

10- Since …. is easily understood in all English speaking countries, it is adapted as the teaching norm in the schools and higher educational institutions.

• A- Received Pronunciation

• B- Broad Australian

• C- Narrow American

• D- New Zealand