Test on Phonetics 5

Vowels may be rounded and unrounded according to . . .

• their length

• the degree of tenseness

• the lip position

• the tong

How many diphthongs are there in English?

• 5

• 7

• 6

• 8

Who are the representatives of American phonological school?

•    N.S.Trubetzkoy, W.Matezius

• I.A.Baudouin de Courtenay, L.V.Scherba, N.V.Khrushevsky

• L.Bloomfild, Z.Harris, H.A.Gleason

•      D.Jones, A.C.Gimson, N.S.Trubetzkoy

Vowels have no . . .

• Pure sounds of air stream in mouth cavity

• Obstruction of air stream in the mouth cavity

• Obstruction of air stream in the nasal cavity

• Quantity features

Vowels can be front, front- retracted, mixed, back and back advanced according to . . . movement of the tongue.

• Phonetical

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Stability of articulation

What is the orthoepic norm of the English language?

• Scottish English

• American English

• RP

• Northern English

What are the groups of qualitative reduction called?

• Hard reduction and quantitative reduction

• Hard reduction and complete reduction

• Hard reduction and soft reduction

• Special and quantitative reduction

According to the height of the raised part of the tongue, vowels are divided into 3 groups. What are these groups?

• Rounded, unrounded, checked

• Close, mid open, open

• Front, front retracted, back

• Front, mixed, back

What phonemes are also called semivowels?

• All vowels

• Voice consonants

• Sonorants

• Fricatives

I.A.Baudouin de Courtenay defined the phoneme as the . . . equivalent of the speech sound

• Physical

• Physiological

• Perceptual

• Psychological