ENG507 Final Term Past Papers Fall 2019

Paper Pattern: There will be 52 questions

MCQs: 40 2 Marks: 4 3 Marks: 4 5 Marks: 4 Time Duration: 120 minutes. Syllabus: Lesson 21-42(Topics 104-209)

Q. The shape of the lips: spread as in /i: / vowel.

Q. sonorant’s are sonorant’s because they are formants

Q. Which one is the most important feature for tonal languages?

Vowel quality, intonation, pitch Q. Waveform of nasals is _____ to waveform of vowels. DIFFERENCE (distinctive)

Q. sonorants are different from vowels because they have ____amplitude (lower)

Q. confirming the pitch of spectral slice one should ignore___ at beginning (small spikes)

Q. Difference between F2 and F1 is related to ___of vowels. (Backness)

Q. Assimilation is particularly studied in phonetic of Individual

Q. Which language have fixed phrase stress Japanese

Q. In Japanese all morae have approximately same duration

Q. Which language has no nasal vowels____?

1. English
2. Siraiki
3. Urdu.

Q. Nasalization is common feature of Indo Aryan languages

Q. formats structure of approximants is match with vowels

Q. IPA is the set of symbols and diacritics that have been officially approved by IPA.

Q. Nasalization diacritic is called tilde

Q. I and owe the cluster of . V ✅ CV ccvc cvc Q. Cardinal vowels produced by . Daniel Jones✅ Noam Chomsky Q. ELT stands for (English Language Teaching) Q. More than 3 syllables are called (trisyllabic) Q. Which of the following sounds is represented by the symbol [t] (there is a diacritic mark under [t] which I am unable to type?? DENTAL STOP

Q. Which of the following symbol represents voiced alveolar tap. ɾ

Q. In sourcefilter theory, filter represents CAVITY. Q. The formants that characterize different vowels are the result of the different shapes of the VOCAL TRACT. Q. One should watch for the burst and aspiration in the STOP SOUNDS. Q. Which of the following vowel sounds (in the given words) will be uttered with neutral lips? SET Q. Frontness or backness of a vowel is determined by the position of TONGUE Q. Rcoloring is also termed as rhotacization. Q. Spanish has a very simple system contrasting only FIVE vowel sounds.

Q. In English, sounds /w/ and /j/ are considered SEMI VOWELS

Q. Which of the following symbols represents labilization as a secondary gesture? [ʷ]

Q. The last part of the syllable is called CODA

Q. The study of the sequences of phonemes is called PHONOTACTICS

Q. In syllable timed languages, all syllables tend to have a/an EQUAL time value. Q. In tonal languages, which of the following is an essential component of the pronunciation of a word? PITCH

Q. In Mandarin, the word [ma] means “mother” when it is said with HIGH PITCH

Q. The study of intonation is sometimes called INTONOLOGY

Q. Which of the following types of phonetics is considered for specific purposes only?

INDIVIDUAL PHONETICS Q. Two native speakers of a language will always speak WITH SOME VARIATION Q. The features [voiceless] and [breathy voice] are studied under the cover term ‘Laryngeal Q. ‘Radical’ is a cover for [pharyngeal] and [epiglottal] articulations made with the ROOT OF THE TONGUE of the tongue. Q. In the production of a plosive like [p], which of the following is not a sub-task? CLOSE THE TEETH Q. Speech is quite diverse and complex particularly when it comes to the phonetics of INDIVIDUAL Q. Phonotactically speaking, which of the following sequences of phonemes will be acceptable in English. /bleidg/

Q. Which of the following words uses a seven phoneme pattern of syllable? STRENGTHS

Q. PRAAT software is particularly useful for the ACOUSTIC analysis. Q. The measurements are taken from the middle of a vowel sound because it is the NUCLEUS portion. Q. F1 is inversely related to the HEIGHT of the vowel. Q. The difference between F2 and F1 is related to the FRONTNESS of the vowel. Q. Sonorant is VOWEL like sounds.

Q. Sonorant is the sounds that basically consist of nasals and glides

Q. Which of the following features (place of articulation) best describes the stop /p/? BILABIAL Q. Which of the following features (place of articulation) best describes the stop /g/. GLOTTAL