Exam 3

21. Which of the following words has a different vowel sound?

• bloom

• boom

• food

• foot

22. The word “ bye” is phonetically transcribed as:

• . /bi:/

• /bau/

• /bai/

• /bu:/

23.The vowel in “ two” is……….

• High front vowel

• Mid central vowel

• High back vowel

• Low back vowel

When a word is pronounced in two different ways such as - /aiðə/ or / i:ðə /,this is called………»either«

• complementary distribution

• - free variation

• minimal pairs

• minimal sets

When two or more sounds do not occur in the same sound environment, this is called………

• - minimal pairs

• - minimal sets

• allophone

• complementary distribution

Which of the following is a minimal pair?

• black/white

• plain/plane

• tan/ tank

• pin/bin

Which of the following is a minimal pair?

• beef / feed

• say/cry

• bite/ fight

• doing/ swimming

Words that differ by only one phoneme are called ---

• . nominal pairs

• almost pairs

• minimal pairs

• none of the above

When a speech sound undergoes a change in articulation in connected speech, becoming more like a neighboring sound, this process is known as……………

• articulation

• Aspiration

• Adaptation

• Assimilation

/t/, /t/ and /t/ in tuck, hits and slept are called……………..

• allophones

• allomorphs

• a minimal set

• a minimal pair