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"Phonology" self-study exercise

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  1. The study of the sound system of a language; how the particular sounds contrast in each language to form an integrated system for encoding information and how such systems differ from one language to another.

    A.  Phonology 

    B.  Phonemes 

    C.  Assimilation

    D.  Complementary distribution 

    E.  Minimal pair 

    F.  Allophones 


     

  2. The occurrence of sounds in a language such that are never found in the same phonetic environment. 

    A.  Phonology 

    B.  Phonemes 

    C.  Assimilation

    D.  Complementary distribution 

    E.  Minimal pair 

    F.  Allophones 


     

  3. A class of speech sounds identified by a native speaker as the same sound; a mental entity related to various allophones by phonological rules; meaningfully distinct sounds.

    A.  Phonology 

    B.  Phonemes 

    C.  Assimilation

    D.  Complementary distribution 

    E.  Minimal pair 

    F.  Allophones 


     

  4.  A process by which a sound becomes more like a nearby sound in terms of some feature.

    A.  Phonology 

    B.  Phonemes 

    C.  Assimilation

    D.  Complementary distribution 

    E.  Minimal pair 

    F.  Allophones 


     

  5. Two words that differ only by a single sound in the same position and have different meanings but are otherwise identical.

    A.  Phonology 

    B.  Phonemes 

    C.  Assimilation

    D.  Complementary distribution 

    E.  Minimal pair 

    F.  Allophones 


     

  6. Non distinctive realizations of the same phoneme.

    A.  Phonology 

    B.  Phonemes 

    C.  Assimilation

    D.  Complementary distribution 

    E.  Minimal pair 

    F.  Allophones 


     

  7. Linguists look at three organizational sound patterns in a language.  Which one of these answers is not a concern for linguists who study phonology?

    A.  What sounds are meaningfully distinctive?

    B.  The environment in which phones occur in a language

    C. The different forms or possible realizations of the phonemes in a language.

    D. The environment in which allophones occur in a language.


     

  8. In determining whether two sounds are separate phonemes or allophones of the same phoneme, look for a minimal pair containing those two sounds. If you don't find a minimal pair, the two sounds represent two separate phonemes.

    A.  True

    B.  False


     

  9. In determining whether two sounds are separate phonemes or allophones of the same phoneme, if you don't find a minimal pair, the two sounds are in complementary distribution, which means they are allophones of the same phoneme.

    A.  True

    B.  False


     

  10. Sindi- (India/Pakistan) unaspirated[p] and the aspirated [p]

    unaspirated      [pcnu]               'leaf' 

    aspirated         [p cnu]               'snakehood'

    Are the unaspirated [p] and the aspirated [p ] separate phonemes?

    A.  Yes

    B.  No


     

  11. [s], [z] and  are allormorphs of the English plural s morpheme. State in general terms the environment of each.

    boys [boyz]   

    cars [karz]

    phones [fonz]

    A.  plural s =[z] after voiceless consonants

    B. plural s =[z] after consonant glides

    C. plural s =[z] after voiced consonants

    D. plural s =[z] after alveolar and fricative stop consonants

     

  12. books [bUks]

    feets [fits]

    breaks [breks]

    A. plural s =[s] after voiced consonants

    B. plural s =[s] after velar consonants

    C. plural s =[s] after voiceless consonants

    D.plural s =[s] after voiced consonants


 

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