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Phonetics and Phonology 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

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1.

Phonetics deals with...

a)

the way speech sounds are organised into a system of a specific language.

b)

speech in its purely physical aspects, the way sounds are articulated, acoustic properties of sound waves, and the effects these have on the ear of the hearer.

c)

None

2.

Phonology is concerned with...

a)

articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics.

b)

the effects that sounds have on the ear of the hearer.

c)

the physical facts of speech of speech, the way sounds are organized into a system of a specific language.

d)

None.

3.

The allophonic transcription is where details of articulation are accounted for visually, and diacritics are used to give extra information.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Phonemic or broad transcription records only the order of which segments occur.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Received Pronunciation (R.P.) describes prestige "English English", has its roots in the SE of England nd express a certain social identity.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In Speech Apparatus is a term used in phonetics to designate all human parts that can be used to produce speech:

a)

lungs, larynx, cavities and resonators, and articulators.

b)

lungs and the Adam`s apple.

c)

lungs, larynx and palate, tongue , teeth and lips.

d)

lungs, and pharynx, nose and mouth.

7.

Choose the statements that are true for you.

a)

The lungs have the consistency of two large sponges which are made to expand (inhalation) and contract (exhalation)

b)

The lungs are situated within the rib cage or thorax

c)

Below the lungs is the flat muscle called diaphragm

d)

The function of the lungs are that of a motor or activator that sets the passage of air into the movements of relaxation and tension

8.

Choose the statements that are true for you.

a)

The larynx is a structure made of hard bone.

b)

The larynx is made of two large cartilages.

c)

The front of the larynx comes into a point at the front of our neck called the Adam`s Apple.

d)

The larynx contains a valve that can interfere with the passage of airstream: the Vocal Folds.

9.

The Vocal Folds are...

a)

also called vocal cords. At the front are fixed side by side to the inside of the to 2 arythenoid cartilages and at the back, thyroid cartilage.

b)

also called vocal cords. At the front are fixed side by side to the inside of the thyroid cartilage and at the back, to 2 arythenoid cartilages.

c)

None

10.

If the arythenoid cartilages move, the vocal folds move too.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The sound produced by the vibration of the vocal folds is called VOICE.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Sounds produced with vibration of the vocal folds are called voiceless sounds.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Sounds produced without vibration of the vocal folds, with only breath are called voiceless sounds.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Choose the correct options for Cavities and resonators. The human mechanism has 3 resonators

a)

Pharynx

b)

Glottis

c)

Nasal and oral cavity.

d)

Trachea and larynx

15.

Choose the correct options for Articulators surrounding the Oral Cavity:

a)

Tongue

b)

Nostrils

c)

Palate

d)

Teeth

e)

Lips

16.

Vowel sounds are produced in most cases...

a)

with contact between the articulators.

b)

without any kind of contact between the articulators.

17.

Vowels can be classified according to tongue positions and indicating its height:

a)

Front, central and back. Close, half-close, half-open, and open.

b)

Front, central and back. Half-close, mid, half-open, and open.

c)

Front, central and back. Close, half-close, mid, half-open, and open.

18.

/ɒ/ is described as...

a)

Front- mid, short

b)

Front between close and half close

c)

Back, open, unrounded.

19.

/ə/ is described as...

a)

Advanced, half-close. Slight lip-rounding.

b)

Front. Mid. Short.

c)

Retracted, half-close-

d)

Mid. Central. Lip unrounded.

20.

/ʊ/ is described as...

a)

Back. Mid. Lip Rounded. Short.

b)

Central. Mid. Lips unrounded.

c)

Front. Half-close. Long

d)

Back. Mid. Lip Rounded. Long.

21.

Choose the statements that are true for Consonants: Those sounds in which the airstream meets:

a)

a stricture of complete oral closure.

b)

a stricture of nasal closure.

c)

one of parcial oral closure.

d)

a stricture of close approximation.

e)

one of intermittent closure.

22.

Voiced, lenis, post-alveolar affricate

a)

/dr/

b)

/dʒ/

23.

Voiceless, glottal fricative

a)

/k/

b)

/h/

24.

Voiceless fortis palato-alveolar affricate

a)

/ʤ/

b)

/ʧ/

25.

Voiceless fortis dental fricative (Choose 2 consonant sounds.)

a)

/ʤ/

b)

/θ/

c)

/ð/

d)

/d/