Экзаменационные вопросы по фонетике

What is Phonology?

• The study of the sound system of a particular language

• The study of the telephone

• Refers to cultural rules of a community

• The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

• The study of rhythm, pitch, volume, and intonation

What does phonetics refer to?

• Study of sounds on an individual basis and how they are articulated

• A condition where you are constantly attached to your phone

• The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

• The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

• Areas such as rhythm, pitch, volume, and intonation

What type of sounds belongs to the consonant group called fricatives?

• f, v, s, z, ʃ

• m, n, ŋ

• b, p, t, d, k, g

• all answers are right

• r, j, w

What type of sounds belongs to the consonant group called plosives?

• b, p, t, d, k, g

• m, n, ŋ

• f, v, s, z, ʃ

• all answers are right

• r, j, w

What type of sounds belong to the consonant group called approximants?

• r, j, w

• m, n, ŋ

• tʃ, dʒ

• all answers are right

• b, p, t, d, k, g

An example of a voiceless affricate is _____________

• /tʃ/

• /m/

• /f/

• /ʃ/

• /dʒ/

What is a correct transcription of 'jumping'?

• [ʤʌmpɪŋ]

• [jʌmpɪng]

• [ʤʌmpɪng]

• [jʌmpɪng]

• [jʌmpәng]

Two sound segments are different phonemes in a language if ________

• replacing one with the other in a word makes a minimal pair

• they are pronounced differently

• they are variants of an allophone

• they have similar pronunciation

• they are allophones of each other

A liquid or glide consonant, such as /r/ or /w/ cannot be______

• voiceless

• the onset of a syllable

• voiced

• a mid-vowel

• the nucleus of a syllable

A diphthong is __________

• a single phoneme

• voiceless sound

• a complex vowel sound

• two vowel sounds in a row

• a mid-vowel