Тесты по теорфонетике.

1. Fill in the gap: A phoneme is ____________.

a) a sound of speech;

b) the shortest functional unit of speech;

c) the shortest functional unit of a language.

2. Fill in the gap: Cockney belongs to ____________.

a) Northern accents;

b) Midland accents;

c) Southern accents.

3. Answer the question: Which of the articulatory characteristics given below does not fit the description of vowels?

a) there is an articulatory obstruction to the air stream;

b) muscular tension is diffused more or less evenly throughout the supra-glottal part of the speech apparatus;

c) the exhaling force is rather weak.

4. Answer the question: The pronunciation of which of the words given below can be considered an example of non-systematic differences between General American and Received Pronunciation?

a) letter;

b) furniture;

c) research;

d) student.

The supraglottal cavities of the articulatory apparatus that make the greatest impact on the produced sounds are

a) the larynx;

b) the nasal cavity;

c) the mouth cavity.

6. Answer the question: The pronunciation of which of the words shows both systematic and non-systematic differences between General American and Received Pronunciation?

a) archives;

b) numerous;

c) parquet;

d) poste restante.

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