Test on Phonetics 4

What organ of speech directs the stream of air either to the mouth or to the nasal cavity?

• The soft palate

• The hard palate

• The vocal cords

• The lungs

What is a phoneme?

• It is equal to morpheme

• It is a meaningful unit

• It is a non-linguistic unit

• It is a smallest meaningful unit

Knowledge, a code which is known and shared by speakers who use their knowledge for transmitting and interpreting verbal messages in these events is called . . .

• Aspect

• Level

• Language

• Phonetics

Give the classification of phonological oppositions in relation to the entire system of oppositions.

• Single, double, occlusive

• Single, double, plosive

• Single, double, complex

• Single, double, stops

Who found a physiological distinction between vowels and consonants?

• D.Jones

• L.V.Scherba

• I.A. Baudoun de Courtenay

• A.Gimson

What vowels are tense?

• All English short vowels are tense

• All English long vowels are tense

• The English short and long vowels are tense

• All front vowels are tense

According to active speech organs English consonants are divided into:

• Occlusive, constrictive, affricates

• Labial, lingual

• Labial, pharyngeal

• Labial, lingual, pharyngeal

How many monophthongs are there in English?

• 6

• 8

• 9

• 10

By whom was presented the classification of phonological oppositions?

• I.A.Baudouin de Courtenay

• W.Matezius

• B.Havranek

• N.S.Trubetzkoy

What are checked vowels?

• All short and lax vowels

• All long vowels

•   All diphthongs

• All monophthongs