Phonetics and Phonology in English: Master the Sounds of Speech

Question 1

What is the primary goal of acoustic phonetics?

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To analyze the physical properties of speech sounds, such as frequency, intensity, and duration.

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To examine how speech sounds are produced in various languages.

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To understand how listeners interpret and perceive speech sounds.

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To develop computer models that simulate speech production.

Question 2

Which characteristic of articulation is NOT related to the position of the speech organs?

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Velocity of articulation

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Place of articulation

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Manner of articulation

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Point of articulation

Question 3

Which vowel sound is articulated with the highest and most frontal tongue position and unrounded lips?

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/i:/

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/a:/

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/u:/

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/ɔ:/

Question 4

What is the term for the smallest contrastive unit of sound in a language?

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Phoneme

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Phone

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Allophone

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Morpheme

Question 5

What is the term for a phonological process that involves changing the order of sounds within a word?

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Metathesis

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Assimilation

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Elision

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Deletion

Question 6

Which component of the prosodic system is NOT directly related to the organization of sounds in time?

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Intonation

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Stress

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Rhythm

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Tempo

Question 7

What is the term for the use of physical gestures to convey meaning in spoken communication?

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Kinesics

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Pragmatics

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Semantics

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Discourse analysis

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a primary function of intonation in English?

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Changing the grammatical meaning of an utterance

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Conveying emotions

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Signaling sentence boundaries

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Emphasizing words or phrases

Question 9

What is the study of the sound system of a language called?

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Phonology

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Phonetics

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Morphology

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Syntax

Question 10

What is the most precise IPA transcription for the word 'cat'?

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kæt

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kɑ:t

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kʌt

Question 11

Differentiate between phonemes and allophones

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Phonemes are the basic units of sound that can contrast meaning, while allophones are distinct pronunciations of phonemes that don't alter meaning.

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Allophones are the basic units of sound that can contrast meaning, while phonemes are distinct pronunciations of allophones that don't alter meaning.

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Phonemes and allophones are indistinguishable.

Question 12

Which of the following is not considered a distinctive feature of the English phonological system?

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Tone

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Stress

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Aspiration

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Diphthongs

Question 13

What is the phonological process involving two sounds becoming closer in articulation over time?

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Assimilation

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Deletion

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Epenthesis

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Metathesis

Question 14

Provide the accurate articulatory description for the sound /θ/

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Voiceless dental fricative

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Voiced interdental fricative

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Voiceless labiodental fricative

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Voiced bilabial fricative

Question 15

What is the linguistic term for the organization of sounds into syllables?

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Syllable structure

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Phonotactics

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Prosody

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Intonation

Question 16

Which feature transcends individual speech sounds?

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Stress

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Aspiration

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Manner of articulation

Question 17

Identify the area of phonetics that explores the relationship between speech sounds and their acoustic properties

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Acoustic phonetics

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Articulatory phonetics

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Auditory phonetics

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Sociolinguistics

Question 18

Identify the voiceless bilabial stop consonant in the English language.

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/p/

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/t/

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/d/

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/b/

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of a syllable?

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Stress

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Onset

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Nucleus

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Coda

Question 20

Identify the phonological process that involves the insertion of a sound between two existing sounds in a word.

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Epenthesis

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Deletion

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Assimilation

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Metathesis

Question 21

Which of the following techniques is NOT used to elicit speech sounds for analysis?

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Introspection

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Carrier phrases

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Minimal pairs

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Imitation

Question 22

Identify the phonological process in which two adjacent sounds become more similar in their articulation.

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Assimilation

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Epenthesis

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Neutralization

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Deletion