Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. Two words that differ only by a single sound in the same position and have different meanings but are otherwise identical
a) Allophones
b) Minimal pair
c) Complementary distribution
d) Assimilation
Q. Non distinctive realizations of the same phoneme
a) Allophones
b) Minimal pair
c) Complementary distribution
d) Assimilation
Q. 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
Q. [s], [z] and are allomorphs of the English plural s morpheme. State in general terms the environment of each
boys [boyz]
cars [karz]
phones [fonz]
plural s = [z] after voiced consonants
a) plural s = [z] after consonant glides
b) plural s = [z] after voiced consonants
c) plural s = [z] after alveolar and fricative stop consonants
Q. books [bʊks]
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
Q. How many sounds does this word have? “finish”
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7