RFQIX

The study of speech is the field... Phonetics. Phonology. Phonetics and Phonology. Semiology.

_________ is concerned with the nature and typology of sounds. Phonetics. Phonology. Semantics. Linguistics.

_______ is concerned with systems of sounds in particular languages in a given language. Phonetics. Phonology. Morphology. Syntax.

Who defined phoneme as "a family of sounds related in character”?. Jones. Gimson. Crystal. Chomsky.

The pharinx... is a resonator of speech. is an articulator of speech. is in charge of the air production. is not an element of speech.

Vowels and consonants are included in... segmental features. suprasegmental features.

Stress, rhythm and intonation are part of the... segmental features. suprasegmental features.

The articulatory phonetic description of the segmental features makes reference to _______ basic factors. six. seven. five. eight.

When the soft palate is raised, the air passes through the nose, and the sound is called nasal or nasalized. True. False.

According to the part of the tongue that is raised, /i:, I, e, æ/ are examples of... front vowels. back vowels. middle vowels. external vowels.

According to the position of the lips, vowels can be... front, middle and back. spread, rounded and neutral. closed, open and semi-vowels. raised, centered or lowered.

The pronunciation of educated native speakers in the South-East of England is called... Received Pronunciation. Relieve Pronunciation. Released Pronunciation. Real Pronunciation.

The most satisfactory system for classifying vowels was devised by the British phonetician Daniel Jones and it is called... the cardinal vowel system. the consonant-vowel system. the model of vowel system. the cardinal system.

How many diphthongs are there in English?. 8. 9. 10. Since the language is changing, we can't say the exact amount of dipththongs.

How many tripthongs are there in English?. It depends on the combination of vowels. more than 10. 5. 6.

/ p t k / and / b d g / are... plosive consonants. fricative consonants. bilabial consonants. alveolar consonants.

This is not a type of consonants according to the manner of articulation. Plosive. Fricative. Bilabial. Nasal.

According to the place of articulation, /t∫, dʒ, ∫, ʒ / are... labiodental. palato-alveolar. post-alveolar. palatal.

These consonants are fricative and labiodental: f v. s z. p b. k g.

The basic psycho-acoustic properties of sound are the source of the main linguistic effects: pitch and loudness. vowel and consonants. stress, rhythm and intonation. none of them.

It is easy to establish rules for the accentuation of simple words in English. True. False.

English is said to be... stress-timed. syllable-timed. rhythm-timed. all of them are correct.

The tonic is the syllable of greatest prominence within an utterance and the nucleus of the intonation pattern. True. False.

What are the best kind of activities for the teaching of pronunciation?. Repetition activities. Songs and rhymes. Pronunciation drills. All of the activities can be used to teach pronunciation.

ship/sheep or beat/bit are examples of... false friends. minimal pairs. synonyms. phonetical pairs.

What's the most important problem for Spanish students regarding intonation in English?. Spanish has a more lineal range. In Spanish we use rise-fall tunes. In Spanish, the final falling pitch movements are not high enough. All of them are correct.

If the teacher is drawing attention to the problematic sound or pattern and pronouncing it in isolation, he/she is employing.. an instant remedial technique. a planned remedial technique.

The classification of the consonants (s,z) is... Alveolar, fricative. Fricative, labiodental. Post-alveolar, fricative. Velar, fricative.

There is only one bilabial nasal consonant, which is... m. n. l. b.