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WorksheetsPhonology III / Second Partial // 15 points.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Aspects of connected speech.
Do stressing and de-stressing syllables and words give us "rhythm"?
True
False
Rhythm is the musicality of english the ups and downs and the connected speech in the linking of words...
True
False
Where does the rhythm come from in english?
Syllable stress and word stress.
Syllable de-stress and staircase intonation.
Do "content words" include: Main verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, negatives, "wh words" and interjections?
Ture
False
Assimilation is a process by which one sound becomes more similar to a nearby sound in one or more features...
True
False
Assimilation may occur between two adjacent sounds (Contiguous) or at a distance (non-contiguous)...
True
False
The direction of assimilation may be forward (progressive) or backward (regressive)...
True
False
The assimilation may be partial or total...
True
False
Elision is omitting one or more sounds from a word or phrase to make it easier to pronounce...
True
False
Elision. When T or D comes between two consonants at the end of a syllable it gets elided... C-t-C---
False
True
Choose the correct types of linking.
Consonant-vowel and vowel-vowel
Consonant-consonant and vowel-vowel
Based on Consonant-vowel linking.
How do you pronounce "look up"?
Look up
Loo kup
Based on Consonant-vowel liking.
How do you pronounce "that's an umbrella"
That is an umbrella.
That´ sa numbrella.
Based on vowel-vowel linking.
How do you pronounce "stay out"?
Sta yout.
Stay-y-out.
Based on vowel-vowel linking.
How do you pronounce "he asked"?
He-w-asked.
He-y-asked.
