Test on English Phonetics and Phonology
English Phonetics and Phonology: A Student's Comprehensive Guide
Test: Resources & Miscellaneous: General English Phonetics & Phonology, Applied phonetics, Regional English phonetics, Transcription & notation, Language acquisition & phonetics, Speech production & anatomy, Consonant articulation, General English phonetics, Speech acoustics & synthesis, Prosody & stress, Phonetics methodology, Segmental Phonetics, Resources & Miscellaneous: Phonetics & Phonology Theory, Phonology & Theory Foundations, Phonology & Dialect Variation, Syllables & Syllabification, Segmental Phonology, Prosody, Tone & Intonation, Historical English Phonology, History of Phonetics, RP history and broadcasting, RP and contemporary forms, Regional English accents, RP phonetics, British pronunciation varieties, Phonetics and accent comparison, Major national English varieties, English vowel overview, Received Pronunciation, English diphthongs & glides, Morphophonology, English vowel transcription, English vowel acquisition, English monophthongs, English vowel transcription & spelling, Phonetics & Speech Science, English vowel variation & change, English consonant overview, English glottal/approximant sounds, Voicing & sonorants, Resources & Miscellaneous: Cultural & Miscellaneous Topics, English approximants, Intonation & Stress Interaction, Intonation Teaching & Acquisition, English Phonology, English Phonotactics & Constraints, Pronunciation & Teaching — Second-Language Pronunciation, Pronunciation & Teaching — Pronunciation Features, Intonation and Prosody, Intonation Acoustic Features, Focus and Information Structure, Disfluency & voice quality, Resources & Miscellaneous: Connected Speech & Citation Forms, Allophony & variation, Connected speech processes, Pronunciation & Teaching — Teaching Methods, Pronunciation & Teaching — Standards & Assessment, Pronunciation & Teaching — World & International Pronunciation, Resources & Miscellaneous: Pronouncing Dictionaries & Lexical Resources, Resources & Miscellaneous: English Phonetics Glossaries, Resources & Miscellaneous: Phonetics & Speech Science References, English vowels & diphthongs, Resources & Miscellaneous: Pronunciation Teaching Materials, Pronunciation & Teaching — Practice & Exercises, Phonetics-phonology interface, Pronunciation & Teaching — Spelling & Pronunciation, Global English varieties, Pronunciation & Teaching — History & Change, Pronunciation & Teaching — Comparative & Other Languages, RP and social attitudes, Sociolinguistics of accents, British prosody and intonation, Phonetics and dialect comparison
20 questions
Question 1: French voiceless plosives, such as /p/, /t/, and /k/, are aspirated, similar to their English equivalents.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials explicitly state that French voiceless plosives are unaspirated, unlike English /p t k/.
Question 2: According to the study materials, which statement accurately describes the Spanish palatal nasal /8/ sound?
A. It is a velar fricative sound represented by 'j' or 'g'.
B. It is always a tongue-tip trill /r/.
C. It is indicated by the tilde accent over 'ñ' and can be approximated by /nj/ without seriously affecting intelligibility.
D. It is exclusively found in word-initial positions.
Explanation: The study materials state that the tilde accent placed over ñ indicates a palatal nasal /8/ as in mañana. It also mentions that replacement by /nj/ similar to English onion is only an approximation, but it doesn’t seriously affect intelligibility.
Question 3: Many contemporary phoneticians appear largely unconcerned about shifts in public attitudes toward RP and its speakers.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The text states that 'not much hope can be expected from phoneticians, who seem not very concerned about possible changes in public attitudes to RP and its speakers' and that they 'seem indifferent to problems which do not concern them personally.'
Question 4: According to David Abercrombie, which of the following statements accurately describe RP as a pronunciation model for foreign learners of English?
A. It is not widely used as a model, with General American being the predominant choice globally.
B. It possesses a larger vowel system, including many diphthongs, which can pose a teaching challenge.
C. It is consistently admired and highly intelligible across all parts of the English-speaking world.
D. It is considered a natural and even inevitable choice for learners in Europe and has numerous pedagogical aids available.
Explanation: The text states that RP 'has a larger vowel system, with many diphthongs, than most accents of English; this can be a teaching problem,' making option 1 correct. It also says RP 'is a very natural, not to say inevitable, choice of model for learners in Europe, and perhaps further afield,' and that 'the teacher, moreover, has available a large number of pedagogical aids to its use,' making option 3 correct. Option 0 is incorrect because the text states 'RP is probably one of the most widely used models in the English-teaching world.' Option 2 is incorrect as the text mentions that RP 'arouses hostility or dislike in others' and 'In some parts of the English-speaking world it is not found very intelligible.'
Question 5: Glottalling of syllable-final /t/ is a feature that has always been associated with Received Pronunciation.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials state that glottalling of syllable-final /t/ before another consonant is a feature which 'used not to be RP and now are RP', indicating it was not always associated with RP but rather has become a feature over time, formerly associated with local accents only.