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Phonetics and Phonology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define phonetics:

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2.

Define phonology:

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3.

How many branches does phonetics have?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

3

d)

1

4.

Define all the branches of phonetics:

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5.

How many branches does phonolgy have?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

6

d)

1

6.

Define all the branches of phonology:

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7.

A variety of a language which is different not just

in pronunciation but also in such matters as

vocabulary, grammar and word order.

a)

intonation

b)

phoneme

c)

dialect

d)

accent

8.

Smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word

from another.

a)

phoneme

b)

stress

c)

intonation

d)

dialect

9.

Pronunciation differences that

people from different geographical

places from different social classes,

of different ages and different

educational backgrounds have.

a)

stress

b)

accent

c)

intonation

d)

phoneme

10.

The way that a word or syllable is pronounced with

greater force than other words in the same

sentence or other syllables in the same word.

a)

accent

b)

intonation

c)

dialect

d)

stress

11.

The use of the pitch of the voice to convey meaning.

The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

a)

dialect

b)

phoneme

c)

intonation

d)

stress

12.

Draw the communication process

13.

Define what is a sender:

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14.

Define what is a receiver:

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15.

Define what is a message:

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16.

Define what is encoding:

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17.

Define what is decoding:

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18.

Define feedback:

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19.

Define what is noise:

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20.

Provide an example of noise:

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