CONSTRUCT: LEARNING EXPERIENCES: ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

Regional dialects affect: Phoneme inventories. Verb tenses. Sentence length. Syllable count.

Which of the following is used in “yellow”?. Fricative. Glide. . Liquid. Nasal.

The aspiration of the /p/ sound in the word "pin" is an example of: A phoneme. An allophone. A morpheme. A grapheme.

A false friend in translation refers to: . A word that changes meaning. A word that looks similar in both languages but has different meanings. An idiom. A cultural expression.

Which of the following is a velar sound?. /f/. /s/. /ŋ/. /z/.

Which of the following is a clear example of intonation affecting meaning?. “You're coming.” vs. “You're coming?”. “Cat” vs. “Cut”. “Book” vs. “Back”. “The dog barked.” vs. “The dog bites.”.

What distinguishes voiced from voiceless sounds?. Tongue position. Lip movement. Vocal cord vibration. Breath intensity.

Why are minimal pairs useful in language learning?. They help learners distinguish between similar sounds. They improve vocabulary. They teach grammar rules. They focus on pronunciation of individual words.

Which of the following unralted to paralanguage?. Vocalics. Haptics. Proxemics. Grammar.

Which intonation pattern is typically used for statements, commands, and exclamations?. Rising intonation. Falling intonation. Fall-rise intonation. Rise-fall intonation.

Which word contains a diphthong (a vowel sound that glides from one position to another)?. beat. boat. bit. pot.

What helps show doubt in a speaker’s voice?. Loudness. Flat tone. Fall-rise intonation. Exclamation.

What is the term for the study of how people use personal space in communication?. Kinesics. Proxemics. Vocalics. Haptics.

How many phonemes are there in the word "straight"?. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Which of the following represents a phoneme?. [th]. /ʃ/. ch. ai.