Group 8

Which one is ised for allophones?

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Peter Parker represents ……..

• allophone

• Aspiration

• Devoicing

• phoneme

Which of the following best describes a non-distinctive feature?

• A feature that changes the meaning of a word

• A feature that distinguishes between two phonemes

• A feature that is predictable and does not change meaning

• A feature that only appears in loanwords

Which of the following best illustrates complementary distribution?

• [p] and [b] in pat and bat

• [p] and [pʰ] in spin and pin

• [s] and [z] in sip and zip

• [m] and [n] in man and nap

Which of the following pairs of words illustrates a contrast in vowel sounds in English?

• sip /s/ - zip /z/

• sum /m/ - sun /n/

• ether /iθɚ/ - either /iðɚ/

• feel /f/ - veal /v/

Which of the following best defines a phoneme?

• A phoneme is a unit of sound that can be used to distinguish one word from another.

• A phoneme is the specific pronunciation of a word.

• A phoneme is a sound that cannot change in different contexts.

• A phoneme is the written form of a sound in a language.

Which of the following features is NOT directly related to the classification of vowels?

• Tongue height

• Lip position

• Voicing

• Length of vowels

Which of the following is NOT one of the major features used to classify consonants?

• Place of articulation

• Lip rounding

• Manner of articulation

• Force of articulation