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Phonetics I- Exam Model- Theory

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

(a)   are the smallest contrastive phonological units which can produce a difference in meaning.

2.

___________ can be defined as the variants of each phoneme.

a)

Structural words

b)

Allophones

c)

Weak vowels

3.

(a)   refers to the fact that communication consists of a chain of event linking the speaker's brain with the listener's brain.

4.

Select the three levels that are involved in the speech chain:

a)

Acoustic level

b)

Psychological level

c)

Physiological level

d)

Linguistic level

5.

The _________ can be pressed together to produce sounds like /p/, /b/

a)

Lips

b)

Palates

c)

Teeth

d)

The tongue and palate

6.

Vowels are sounds in which there is _________ of the air flow when they are produced and consonants have ______ of the air when they are produced.

a)

No obstruction- obstruction

b)

Obstruction - no obstruction

7.

The (a)   is a group of words that are said without any interruption of the speech flow or any pause.

8.

The fact that the prominent elements are chosen by the speaker and that something else could have chosen is a concept known as ________

a)

Prominent

b)

Selection slots

c)

Utterance

d)

Stress

9.

(a)   has to do with syllables so it is prominence at word level.

10.

Non-prominent syllables take ________ vowels whereas prominent syllables take ______ vowels.

a)

Strong- weak

b)

Weak- strong

c)

Stressed- unstressed

d)

Structural- content

11.

A ......... is a set of symbols that serve to represent the sounds of any language.

a)

Alphabet

b)

Phonetic trasncriptions

c)

Phonetic alphabet