Теоретическая фонетика Модуль 2

What is transcription in phonetic?

• The process of creating new words in a language
• The study of the meaning of words and phrases in a language
• Representation of spoken language in written form using symbols
• The process of converting written language into spoken form

Traditionally Phonetics is divided into...

• vowel, consonant, and diphthong phonetics
• English, Spanish, and French phonetics
• written, spoken, and signed phonetics
• three main branches: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics

according to the principle of stability of articulation the English vowels are divided into

• two categories
• five categories
• four categories
• three categories

The English monophtongs are traditionally divided into two classes according to their length

• middle

• Long and mid

• Short and long

Short vowels are....

• vowels that are pronounced loudly
• vowels that are pronounced slowly
• vowels that are pronounced with a tense tongue position
• vowels that are pronounced quickly and with a relaxed tongue position

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  Which manner of articulation will the sound be produced with the airflow channeled into the nasal passages?

• Velar
• Oral
• Nasal
• Labial

What is the characteristic of diphthongs?

• Combination of a vowel and a consonant within the same syllable
• Combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable
• Combination of two consonant sounds within the same syllable
• Combination of three vowel sounds within the same syllable

The place of articulation for [f] is ___________. This kind of sound is made with the lower lip and the upper teeth.

• velar
• labiodental
• dental
• alveolar

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  The study of human speech sounds in a language that form systematized patterns is called ..................

• Biology
• Phonology
• Physics
• Chemistry

The sound of the word ".........................." is interdental.

• sh
• ch
• ph
• th