Variedades fonético-fonológicas en la lengua inglesa

... refers to the fact that at some point a particular dialect of a language has officially received the standardization treatment. Codification. Slang. Style. Selection.

The word bath is pronounced with ____ in RP. /a/. /ʌ/. /ɑː/. /æ/.

In which context /l/ is dark in RP? In ____. final position followed by consonant. initial position followed by consonant. final position followed by vowel. initial position followed by vowel.

In current young RP speakers /əʊ/ is now regularly pronounced ____. /aʊ/. /ɒʊ/. /ɔː/. /ɒ/.

In GA there is no systemic contrast between /ɒ/ and ____. /æ/. /ɑ/. /a/. /ʌ/.

One of the most typical GA features concerns /t/ realization; when it occurs between vowels (the first vowel being stressed) tends to be pronounced as a ____. voiceless tap. fricative. glottal sound. voiced tap.

The suffix -ory usually has ____ in GA instead of the weak vowel (or vowel elision) found in RP. /ɔ/. /oʊ/. /ɛ/. /ɒ/.

The past participle of get (with the meaning of obtain or acquire) is ____ in American English. got. get. go. gotten.

The social and geographical kinds of language are known as ____. accents. dialects. style. register.

Accents may differ in the environments in which particular phonemes do, or do not, occur; in other words, they may have ____ differences. realizational. phonotactic distribution. systemic. lexical distribution.

What are the most frequent intonation patterns in Wh- questions in RP?. fall-rise. falling. rise-fall. rising.

Fronting of ____ is now typical of a majority of RP speakers. /ʒ/. /u:/. /ɔ:/. /ʌ/.

In GA /ɔ/ tends to be ____ than its RP counterpart. shorter and more open. longer and closer. shorter and closer. longer and more open.

____ is observed in GA after /l, s, z, t, d, n/, apart from the usual environments found in RP. T-voicing. Yod-dropping. Glottalisation. Linking r.

It is a significant GA feature the use of ____ for yes/no questions. Low-Rise. Mid Level. Fall-Rise. High-Rise.

The British English word lift tends to be substituted by ____ in American English. lift. high. elevator. winch.

Tick the situational factor that does NOT account for pronunciation variability among the speakers of a particular language. Place of conversation. Purpose of using the language. Topic of conversation. Age.

The fact that in a certain accent there is only phoneme whereas in other accents there are two phonemes, it is considered a ____ pronunciation difference. systemic. realizational. phonotactic. lexical.

In RP there is an increasing tendency for /ʊ/ to be pronounced with ____. aspiration. an open vowel. an unrounded vowel. retroflexion.

The glottal stop can appear in RP in one of the following environments. As a realisation of syllable-initial /t/. As a realisation of syllable-final /t/. Before /dʒ/. Before /d/.

In GA ____ tends to be less open, towards a mid central vowel /ɜ /, mainly when followed by r. /æ/. /ɒ/. /a/. /ʌ/.

____-syllable verbs usually have stress on the suffix " -ate" in RP but on the first syllable in GA. Three. Two. Four. Five.

The most common negative form of epistemic must in GA is ____. must not. mustn't. cannot. can't.

The verb want in the sense of 'need' with an inanimate subject ____ in American English. is possible. is likely to occur. is not possible. occurs.

Hypercorrection means ____. assigning wrongly certain pronunciations. pronouncing the words slowly. pronouncing the words with a higher pitch. pronouncing the words informally.

There is a strong tendency in RP to pronounce triphthongs as monophthongs. A process known as ____. stretching. Sandhi 'r'. Glottalisation. smoothing.

"RP is a rhotic accent" is a ____ statement. True. False. Partially true. Partially false.

The orthographic a in the word path is pronounced with ____ RP. /ɜː/. /ɑː/. /a:/. /ʌ/.

The GA vowels /ɛ/, /æ/ and /____/ are involved in the Northern Cities Chain Shift phenomenon. /i/. /ʊ/. /ʌ/. /ɑ/.

/l/ in GA may be pronounced slightly velarized before ____. stressed back vowels. stressed front vowels. unstressed front vowels. unstressed mid vowels.

It is a significant GA feature the use of the "Drop" tone (____) in situations where in British English one would more generally employ a Fall-Rise tone. from high to mid. mid level. from mid to high.

The British English word garden tends to be substituted by ____ in American English. yard. outdoor. lawn. sheer.

The social and geographical kinds of language are known as ____ . accents. dialects. style. register.

RP stands for ____. Received Pronunciation. Rich Pronunciation. Restored Pronunciation. Respected Pronunciation.

A linguistically simplified, mixed and restricted language used in limited contact situations between people who have no common language is called ____. accent. post-creole. pidgin. creole.

Registers most often have to do with ____. pronunciation. accent. vocabulary. grammar.

____ is a term which refers to the way in which language learners introduce elements from their own language into the language they are attempting to learn. Reduction. Mixing. Regulation. Pidgin.

Your _____ is the way you pronounce your language when you speak. dialect. accent. vocabulary. grammar.

When a language experiences simplification, mixture and reduction, it can be said that is has been subjected to the procees of____. creolization. decreolization. regulation. pidginization.

Those words that are used in a very informal situation are know as____. slang. register. style. jargon.

A pidgin language which has acquired native speakers is called___. accent. post-creole. dialect. creole.

A dialect can be spoken with any kind of accent. true. false.

In words like "boots" younger speakers of RP tend to ___ the vowel. front. open. close. back.

The GA vowel at the end of words like happy or city is similar to ____. /ɪ/. /i/. /e/. /ə/.

The "Drop" tone is often used by GA speakers in situations where British speakers would prefer to employ a ____ tone, for instance, on farewells. level. rise. fall-rise. rise-fall.

There is an increasing tendency in RP for /ʊ / to be pronounced ____. central. front. unrounded. open.

The sequence /lj/ is often reduced to ____ in words such as brilliant in GA. /l/. /ll/. /j/. /jə/.

Does the consonant system in RP contains /ʍ /?. Before back vowels. Yes. Sometimes. No.

The pronunciation of the orthographic o occurring before voiceless fricatives is currently being pronounced /___/ in RP. /ʊ/. /ɔ/. /ʊə/. /ɒ/.

In which context /p/ is aspirated in RP? In ____. initial stressed syllable followed by consonant. initial stressed syllable followed by a vowel. initial syllabe followed by a vowel. stressed syllable followed by vowel.

In GA the vowel /ɛ / tend to be ____ than in RP. opener. closer. more front. shorter.

Tapping may affect both /t/ and /d/ mainly between vowels in ____ position in GA. final. unaccented. initial. accented.

There is a tendency in GA to Yod-dropping from stressed syllables, following /t/, /d/, /n/, /s/ or____. /z/. /ʃ /. /δ/. /ɪ/.

In GA there is a tendency to reduce /lj/ to.... l. j.

In RP English /r/ is usually... an approximant. a flap.

In GA the vowel /ɛ/ tends to be realised shorter and...... less. more rounded in GA than in RP.

For a majority of speakers of General RP /ɔː/ is used in place of / ʊə/ in some words, such as sure or poor. true. false.

In words like super younger speakers of RP tend to ___ the /j/ after /s/. front. omit. close. back.

Does RP have linking /r/?. Before open vowels. no. sometimes. yes.

In which context plosives have a nasal release in RP?. only when followed by non-homorganic nasals. when followed by nasals. only when followed by /m/. only when followed by /n/.

In GA the consonant /t/ often ____ when preceded by /n/ in word-internal position, as in painter. becomes /d/. becomes /m/. disappears. becomes a vowel.

The use of a ____ tone instead of a low-rise, especially in short-answer question (yes/no), is very common in GA. high-rise. level. fall-rise. rise-fall.

The GA vowel of words like path, laugh or grass is__. /e/. /ɔ/. /æ/. /ɒ/.

In RP /l/ is usually ___ in word-final position or before a consonant. fronted. unrounded. glottal. velarized.

RP is a rhotic accent. before front vowels. yes. sometimes. no.

A recent innovation heard in General RP is the fronting and unrounding of..... /ʊ/. /ɔː/.

There is no /ʍ/ in the consonantal system of General American. true. false.

The GA vowel /ɔ / tends to be shorter, ____ and more open than the RP vowel counterpart. with no rounding lips. more rounded. more front. less rounded.

Many GA speakers tend to pronounce /lj/ as ____, as in pavilion. /_/. /jl/. /l/. /j/.

In a number of foreign words, especially French-origin, American English tends to have stress on ___ syllable, as in attaché. the first. the final. the second. any.

There is no /ʍ/ in the consonant system of GA. True. False.

In GA there is no systemic contrast between /ɐ / and /a/. True. False.

There is no /v/ in the consonant system of GA. True. False.

There is no /h/ in the consonant system of GA. True. False.