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Module Test Theretical Phonetics V1

This document is a module test-paper in English Phonetics consisting of 25 multiple choice questions testing phonetic concepts. The test covers topics such as the largest unit of speech, prosodic features, components of phonic substance, phonemes, tone units, accents, codification, parameters for accent description, phoneme realization, influences on RP English, phonological processes in RP English, types of assimilation, classification of sounds, founders of phonetic theory, distinctive phonemic features, principles of English stress and rhythm, elision, syllable designation, constraints on English syllabification, stress placement in two-syllable verbs, oldest English stress tendency, and components of intonation. The document provides the questions, multiple

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Module Test Theretical Phonetics V1

This document is a module test-paper in English Phonetics consisting of 25 multiple choice questions testing phonetic concepts. The test covers topics such as the largest unit of speech, prosodic features, components of phonic substance, phonemes, tone units, accents, codification, parameters for accent description, phoneme realization, influences on RP English, phonological processes in RP English, types of assimilation, classification of sounds, founders of phonetic theory, distinctive phonemic features, principles of English stress and rhythm, elision, syllable designation, constraints on English syllabification, stress placement in two-syllable verbs, oldest English stress tendency, and components of intonation. The document provides the questions, multiple

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Module Test-paper in the Theory of English Phonetics

Variant 1. Maltseva Angelina 41AT

1. What is the largest unit of speech?


a) speech pattern b) language c) discourse
2. Variations in pitch, prominence and tempo are called…
a) segmental b) prosodic/suprasegmental c) half-segmental
3. How many components does the phonic substance of language consist of?
a) 4 b) 2 c) 3
4. What unit of speech corresponds to phoneme?
a) a morpheme b) an allophone c) a syllable
5. A sequence of words spoken in a single breath, a stretch of speech which has describable
melodies is called…
a) a tone unit b) a syllable c) as accent
6. How many major literary accents are there on the British Isles?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5
7. Reflexion/fixing of actual pronunciation forms and patterns in pronunciation dictionaries and
other references is called…
a) codification b) variation c) diglossia
8. What other linguistic parameters in addition to the segmental ones can be used for accent
description?
a) phonological b) segmental c) prosodic
9. What parameter involves the choice of different phonemes in the same words in different
accents?
a) phoneme lexical distribution b) phoneme realization c) phonotactics
10. What accent is currently making a great influence on RP?
a) Cockney b) Estuary c) Regional RP
11. Indicate the process which can happen in RP Paul, milk, middle etc.?
a) Yod coalescence b) L vocalization c) assibilation
12. Find the example of intrusive r.
a) the idea of b) cold weather c) get wet
13. What kind of assimilation do affricatization and assibilation belong to?
a) Yod dropping b) Yod coalescence c) fricative plosion
14. Sounds made with a complete obstruction or stoppage of the airflow, coming up from the lungs
are called…
a) stops/plosive b) nasal c) sonorants
15. Sounds whose phonetic content is predominantly made up by the sounds waves produced by
their voicing are called…
a) stops/plosive b) nasal c) sonorants
16. The founder of the phoneme theory is…
a) N. Trubetskoi b) I. Baudouin de Courtenay c) L. Scherba
17. The phonemes of a language form a system of...
a) variations b) combinations c) oppositions
18. Features of phonemes involved in the differentiation of words are called…
a) distinctive/relevant b) non-distinctive c) redundant
19. The ability to produce English with an English-like pattern of stress and rhythm involves…
a) stress-timing b) stress-pattern c) stress-adjustment
20. A deletion of a sound in rapid or careless speech is termed…
a) liason b) elision c) assimilation
21. How is the third syllable from the end designated?
a) antepenultimate b) penultimate c) ultimate
22. The principal which doesn’t allow the appearance of unusual clusters in English during
syllabification is called...
a) syllabification b) the phonetic constraint c) monosyllabism
23. Which syllable of a two-syllable verb is stressed if its second syllable contains a long vowel or a
diphthong?
a) the second/final b) the first/initial c) antepenultimate
24. Which is the oldest of the English lexical stress tendencies?
a) retentive b) recessive c) rhythmic
25. What is the force component of intonation made by?
a) sentence stress b) tone unit c) pitch range

Загальні критерії
25-23=5
22-19=4
18-15=3
14-0=2

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