ENG507 Midterm Quiz

ENG507

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Maha Malik Phonetics and Phonology

1. Subtypes of phonology (3)
2. When the focal folds are tight together the resultant sounds are called Voiced.
3. the sponge like tissues contained within air range is called the diaphragm.
4. Another name of phonemic transcription is (Broad Transcription)
5. the length of the VOT is dependent on the practical measurement is based on the practical measure of aspiration
6. In auditory phonetics we study sound with
7. In English there are (24) consonants
8. Voiceless stops at syllable initial are ASPIRATED
9. Consonants at the end of syllable are LONGER
10. Voiced stops at syllable initial are VOICELESS.
11. Right Transcription of furiously... Choose from options ˈfjɝː.i-
12. Voiceless stops are ASPIRATED in onset position
13. Unaspirated voiceless stop has Voice onset time near ZERO
14. all sound produced..... Help of air compressed by LUNGS
15. Frequency, pitch, and loudness are PHYSICAL features.
16. another name for phonemic transcription is . (a) Narrow transcription; b) broad transcription; C) orthographic transcription; d) technical transcription)
17. Which of the following branches of phonetic focuses on methodologies and aspect of experimental work on------ speech sounds? Experimental phonetics
18. in English there are ---- consonant types (2; 3; 5; 7)
19. the short symbols which are used for indicating suprasegmental------- diacritics [ʲ]
20. noticeable event accruing at regular intervals (a. Tone; b. pitch; c. rhythm; d. intonation)
21. In order to describe intonation, we need to analyze the role of a ‘stressed syllable’
22. /3/ and /a/ are examples of vowel (a. lax; b. Tense; c. lenis; d. forties)
23. How many sub types does phonology has (2; 3; 4)
24. Phonology is the study of........ Structure of language (Sound; Grammar)
25. lenis refers to a sound made with a relatively.......... Muscular effort. (Less; quick; Strong; Weak)
26. the velaric airstream mechanism involves an air flame produced by a movement of the back of tongue against the (Hard palat; Soft palat)
27. Higher overtone F2 tells about the position of TONGUE.
28. In IPA small symbols superimposed on segments are called DIACRITICS
29. Lax sounds are produced with LESS muscular effort.
30. Optimality theory has stemmed from GENERATIVE phonology.
31. Human speech production is studied under the branch of phonetics.
32. While studying vowels on spectrogram overtone F2 tells us about the position of ___
33. phonemic transcription is enclosed in slashes or oblique lines
34. fricatives are also known as spirants
35. A phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of sound
36. In typical tone languages linguistic function of phoneme is to change meaning of word.
37. /b/ /d/ fall under the category of___ (voiced; voiceless)
38. Which word used in long vowels barn
39. When a sound is not primarily articulated and some other sound is added to it known as. Articulation
40. Intonation refers (very) simply to the variations in the pitch of a speaker’s voice (f0).
41. In order to describe intonation, we need to analyze the role of a ‘stressed syllable’.
42. This term is used to describe some varieties of English (e.g., American) pronunciation in which the /r/ phoneme is found in all its phonological contexts.
43. The term ‘stop’ is used in the phonetic classification of consonant sounds on the basis of their manner of articulation.
44. The North wind and the sun is a folktale taken from (Arne Thompson)
45. /€:/ and /a:/ are the examples of ... (Tense)
46. The glottis is defined as the space (vocal folds)
47. In English /p t k/ at the beginning of a syllable are aspirated
48. All three English nasal sounds are voiced.
49. Which is non-rhotic accent [a) Urdu b) Punjabi c) American English d) BBC English.]
50. Speech sounds are not [a) Static. b) Mobile c) Dynamic d) All]
51. In what types of accent/r/ may occur before consonant [a) Rhotic b) Nassal c) Non_rhotic d) American.]

Q52. ___ terms are used for the phonetic clarification of consonantal sound (manner of articulation).

1. [a) Fortis and lenis.
2. Strong and weak
3. tense and lax]
4. Where the length of each syllables remains more or less the same, are called Syllable-timed Languages.
5. The diacritic 'small /h/ above the letter shows that the sound is [a) Velarized b) Aspirated. c) Nazalized]
6. Auditory phonetics deals with understanding how human ear perceives sound and how the brain recognizes different speech units.
7. Which is the lax vowel? [a) u: b) i: c) ɜ: d) a: ]