Примерные вопросы фонетика

What is assimilation?

• A process in which a sound changes under the influence of a neighboring sound

• The smallest unit of sound that carries meaning.

• A sound or a group of different sounds

What does the symbol ':' mean? Example: see [si:]

• Long

• Short

• Half-long

• Front

w - this symbol is....... Example: twu [twu:]

• Voiced

• Voiceless

• Aspirated

• Labiolized

Transcription is a__________ system for denoting the sound structure of speech

• sound

• letter

• functional

• visual

Phonetic transcription provides special symbols that are placed between__________.

• brackets

• lines

• square brackets

What is the transcription of the word PEOPLE?

• [pipl]

• [pi:pl]

• ['phi:pl']

Theoretical phonetics is......

• The main branch of linguistics that studies the system of letters of a language

• The main branch of grammar that studies the grammar and sounds of a language

• A branch of linguistics that studies the system of words of a language

Traditionally, phonetics is divided into...?

8.                  Traditionally phonetics is divided into...?

a.                  1

b.                  2

c.                  3

In Greek, 'phonetikos' means.....

a.                  Organs

b.                  Sounds of the voice

c.                  Predating to voice and sounds

 

The minimal distinctive unit of phonetics.....

• Word stress, information, phrase

• Phoneme

• Phoneme, word stress, syllable