المحاضرة الخامسة
Question 1 of 23
Two or more consonants in sequence.
B)
Consonant cluster
Question 2 of 23
A physically produced speech sound, representing one version of a phoneme
D)
Phones
Question 3 of 23
In the word "cat" /æt/ or 'at' is
A)
Rime
Question 4 of 23
In the word 'heart' /rt/ is
C)
Coda
Question 5 of 23
The words (man, fan, van, ban, pan) are an example of
A)
Minimal set
Question 6 of 23
constraints (restrictions) on the permissible combination of sounds in a language
A)
Phonotactics
Question 7 of 23
In the word "twelfths" /lfθs/ or 'lfths' is
D)
Consonant cluster
Question 8 of 23
The part of a syllable after the vowel
C)
Coda
Question 9 of 23
In the word "fat" the vowel 'a' or 'æ' is
D)
Nucleus
Question 10 of 23
Avoiding the regular patterns of assimilation and elision used in a language would result in
A)
extremely artificial-sounding talk
Question 11 of 23
When we don't pronounce the [d] in "hand me the pen", this is called
B)
Elision
Question 12 of 23
The smallest meaning-distinguishing sound unit in the abstract representation of the sounds of a language.
C)
Phonemes
Question 13 of 23
The two words 'hat' and 'bat' are both an example of
C)
Minimal pair
Question 14 of 23
The part of the syllable before the vowel.
C)
Onset
Question 15 of 23
The part of the syllable containing the vowel plus any following consonant(s)
A)
Rhyme
Question 16 of 23
In the word "university" 'si' is
D)
Syllable
Question 17 of 23
A unit of sound consisting of a vowel (V) and optional consonant(s) (C) before or after the vowel.
D)
Syllable
Question 18 of 23
In the word "black" /bl/ is
C)
Onset
Question 19 of 23
The vowel in a syllable.
B)
Nucleus
Question 20 of 23
The sound [p] in 'put' is pronounced with a stronger puff of air than the [p] in 'up', and both of them are called:
B)
Allophones
Question 21 of 23
The study of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in languages
A)
Phonology
Question 22 of 23
The process of making one sound almost at the same time as the next sound
B)
Co-articulation
Question 23 of 23
In the word "handbag" we pronounce 'n' as 'm' to be "hambag". this is called
B)
Assimilation