ENG507 Quiz

Q1. A noticeable event occurring at regular intervals is known as_________.

1. tone
2. rhythm
3. pitch
4. intonation

Correct answer: rhythm

Q2. ‘The North Wind and the Sun’ is a folktale taken from _______.

1. Fables of Bidpai
2. Aesop’s fables
3. Panchatantra stories
4. Rudyard Kipling’s fables

Correct answer: Aesop’s fables

Q3. In English stop consonant sounds /p/ and /b/ are labeled as ___________ sounds.

1. bilabial
2. nasal
3. alveolar
4. velar

Correct answer: bilabial

Q4. Narrow transcription,sometimes, is also called a/n _____ transcription.

1. broad
2. linguistic
3. impressionistic
4. alphabetic

Correct answer: impressionistic

Q5. According to rules for English Consonantal Allophones(ECA), approximants /w, r, j, l/ are ________ after initial /p, t, k/ sounds, as in play, twin, etc.

1. voiceless
2. prominent
3. sibilant
4. voiced

Correct answer: voiceless

Q6. Phonemes are abstract entities while ________ are the physical realizations of phonemes.

1. allophones
2. diphthongs
3. monophthongs
4. morphemes

Correct answer: allophones

Q7. Phonemic transcription is enclosed in ________.

1. round brackets
2. inverted commas
3. square brackets
4. slashes

Correct answer: slashes

Q8. Segmental and Supra-segmental features of a language belong to its __________.

1. semantics
2. phonology
3. stylistics
4. anatomy

Correct answer: phonology