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Theoretical Phonetics Lectures 2-4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An abstract linguistic unit which is realized in speech in the material form of its variants is called

a phoneme 

an allophone

a syllable

an utterance

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Phonetically similar sounds that do no contrast with each other are

phonemes

allophones

syllables

utterances

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The opposition /p/ versus /f/ like in PAIR-FAIR is called

a PHONOLOGICAL OPPOSITION

a ZERO OPPOSITION

a minimal pair

a  minimal set

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The opposition /p/ versus /-/ like in PAIR-AIR is called

a PHONOLOGICAL OPPOSITION

a ZERO OPPOSITION

a minimal pair

a minimal set

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The pair of words which differ in only one speech sound is called

a  PHONOLOGICAL OPPOSITION

a ZERO OPPOSITION

a minimal pair

a minimal set

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two different realizations of the phoneme can be substituted by each other without changing the meaning, e.g. /b/ in BAD can be pronounced with no voicing or with full voicing. It’s called

a PHONOLOGICAL OPPOSITION

free variation

a minimal set

complementary distribution

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When allophones never occur in identical positions, they are

a PHONOLOGICAL OPPOSITION

free variation

a minimal set

complementary distribution

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