Nazariy fonetika (Practice version 0.4)

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NAZARIY FONETIKA
Theory of Phonetics
TOTAL 200 Questions
PRACTICE VERSION 0.4

 

1. What does phonetics study?
   1.   The structure of words
   2.   The parts of the speech
   3.   The sound system of the language
   4.   The difference between structure and meaning
2. What does phonology study?
   1.   The relation of phonetics with the other science
   2.   The sound patterns of the language
   3.   The syllable structure of the language
   4.   The relation between parts of speech
3. What does segmental phonetics study?
   1.   Phonemes realized in various speech sounds
   2.   Words and word combinations
   3.   The articulatory position of words
   4.   The other branches of linguistics
4. What does acoustic phonetics study?
   1.   The way of correct pronunciation
   2.   The syllabic structure of the word
   3.   The intonation patterns
   4.   It studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speakers mouth and the listener’s ear
5. What does auditory phonetics study?
   1.   The linguistic units
   2.   The function of word stress
   3.   The hearing process
   4.   The articulatory position of words.
6. What does suprasegmental phonetics study?
   1.   The phoneme and its characteristic features.
   2.   The transcriptions of words and word combinations
   3.   The distinctive features realized in syllables, stress and intonation
   4.   The nature of word stress
7. What is phoneme?
   1.   Combination of speech sounds
   2.   The special pronunciation of one word than others
   3.   The change in speech sounds
   4.   The smallest meaningful phonetic unit
8. What is the aim of comparative phonetics?
   1.   To study the sounds other phonetic units
   2.   To study the correlation between the phonetic system of two neighbouring languages
   3.   To trace and establish the changes of the phonetic system of a given language.
   4.   To study the phonetic system of different languages.
9. What branches of linguistics are connected with phonetics?
   1.   Phonology, morphology and grammatics
   2.   Syntax, morphology and acoustics
   3.   Lexicology , Grammatics and Stylistics
   4.   Lexicology, phonology and others
10. With what other nonlinguistic aspects is phonetics connected?
    1.   Physics, lexicology and mathematics
    2.   Chemistry, philosophy and physics
    3.   Computer study
    4.   Physiology, logics and etc.
11. What does typological phonetics study?
    1.   The phonetic system of several languages.
    2.   The sounds and the other phonetic units of the language at a definite period of time
    3.   The correlation between the phonetic systems
    4.   To trace and establish the changes of phonetic system
12. What is consonant?
    1.   Sound pronounced without any obstruction in the air streem
    2.   Diphthong
    3.   Monophthong
    4.   Sound pronounced with obstruction in the air streem
13. What is vowel?
    1.   Sound pronounced with complete obstruction
    2.   Sound pronounced without any obstruction
    3.   Sound pronounced with incomplete obstruction
    4.   Part of speech
14. What is dialect?
    1.   Grammatical structure of the language
    2.   Little language unite
    3.   The pronounciation type of the language
    4.   The language chosen as a literary standard
15. What is word stress?
    1.   A syllable which is pronounced with greater force
    2.   Pronunciation of the words by syllables
    3.   A syllable which is pronounced with greater force
    4.   Pronunciation type of the language
    5.   Reduction of some sounds
16. What is accentuation
    1.   Written form of the language
    2.   Reduction of some sounds in the pronunciation
    3.   Pronouncing the words by letters
    4.   Grammatical structure of the language
17. What is literary language?
    1.   The language chosen as a literary standard
    2.   Non-neighbouring language
    3.   Neighbouring language
    4.   Hearing process
    5.   The language chosen as a literary standard
18. What is spelling?
    1.   Oral rule of some phenomenon
    2.   Reduction of some sounds
    3.   Pronouncing the word by letters
    4.   The smallest meaningful unite
19. What regional pronunciation types exist in GB?
    1.   Western type
    2.   Southern, Nourthern, Scotish and Irish pronunciation types
    3.   Spanish type
    4.   German type
20. How many major speech areas are there in the USA?
    1.   Three types
    2.   Two types
    3.   Five types
    4.   Six types
21. What type of pronunciation is accepted as a literary pronunciation in the USA?
    1.   The eastern type of American English
    2.   The western type of American English?
    3.   The southern type of American English
    4.   The northern type of American English
22. What is theory?
    1.   Distinctive function
    2.   Distinctive features
    3.   Oral rule of some phenomenon
    4.   Correlation between the phonetic system
23. What period do we call as a prephoneme period?
    1.   Hearing process
    2.   The time when the theory was defined
    3.   Learning period
    4.   The time when the theory about phoneme was not defined
24. What is phonological school?
    1.   A group of phoneticians and scholars
    2.   A group of physics
    3.   A group of phsyhologists
    4.   A group of grammarians
25. Name the fore lingual consonants according to the place of obstruction
    1.   Dental
    2.   Interdental, dental, alveolar, post-alveolar, palate-alveolar
    3.   Alveolar
    4.   Interdental
26. How many functions of phonemes do you know?
    1.   Four
    2.   Five
    3.   Three
    4.   Seven
27. What are the functions of phoneme?
    1.   Studying words and word combinations
    2.   Pronouncing words by letters
    3.   Studying the way in which the air vibrates
    4.   Constitutive,distinctive and recognitive
28. Who were the representatives of the Moscow Phonological School?
    1.   L.R. Zinder, L.V. Shcherba, V.N. Sidorov, M.V. Panov, A.A. Reformatsky
    2.   L.R. Zinder, V.N. Sidorov, G.P. Torsuyev, L.V. Shcherba
    3.   L.V. Shcherba, LA. Badouin de Courtenay, V.N. Sidorov
    4.   R.I. Avanesov, V.N. Sidorov, A.A. Reformatsky, M.V. Panov
29. What types of phonetics do you know?
    1.   General, descriptive, historical or diachronically, comparative
    2.   General, acoustic, phonological, descriptive
    3.   Descriptive, general, phonological, comparative
    4.   Historical or diachronically, descriptive, general, acoustic
30. Who did make attempt to draw and sentence-stress and said that the sentence-stress was based on 4 principles?
    1.   L.V. Scherba
    2.   L.R. Zinder
    3.   .P. Torsuyev
    4.   L.A. Badouin de Courtenay
31. In what principles sentence-stress based on?
    1.   General, descriptive, historical or diachronically, comparative
    2.   Descriptive, general, phonological, syntactic
    3.   Musical, dynamic, quantities, qualitative
    4.   Dynamic, quantities, descriptive, general
32. What types of English pronunciation is in USA?
    1.   What types of English pronunciation is in USA?
    2.   Eastern English, southern English, western English, historical
    3.   Eastern English, southern English, western English
    4.   Northern English, western English, eastern English
33. How many principle types of English pronunciation in Great Britain?
    1.   Eastern English, Scottish English, Northern English
    2.   Eastern English, southern English, western English, historical
    3.   Northern English, Scottish English, Irish English, Southern English
    4.   Southern English, Eastern English, Scottish English
34. In what parts Russian intonation was divided and what are they?
    1.   3parts; 1. falling 2. normal 3. rising
    2.   2parts; 1. normal 2. rising
    3.   2parts; 1. falling 2. rising
    4.   2parts; 1. falls 2. rising
35. What kind of principle methods are of investigation?
    1.   Definitions, observation, linguistic
    2.   Direct observation, definition, and the linguistic
    3.   The linguistic, direct observation, experimental
    4.   Direct observation, the linguistic, and experimental
36. We know that the formation of the phonological theory may be divided into 2 periods. What are they?
    1.   The phonemic period; the centurial period
    2.   The centurial period; the phenomena period
    3.   The phenomena period; the phonemic period
    4.   The phenomena period; the phonological period
37. £, 8, ¥, E, b - what are they meant?
    1.   £ - the tongue, B - soft palate, ¥ - vocal parts, E - the lip, b - uvular
    2.   £ - soft palate, B - the lip, ¥ - the tongue, E - the vocal parts, b- uvular
    3.   £ - the lip, B - the tongue, ¥ - the tongue, E - the vocal parts, b- the soft palate & uvular
    4.   £ - the vocal, parts, B - the tongue, ¥ - the lip, E - uvular, b - soft palate
38. What kind of stress is it? "Brings into prominence the most important element in a syntagma?”
    1.   Logical stress
    2.   Syntactic stress
    3.   Emphatic stress
    4.   Word stress
39. Whom the phonetic theory in America are headed by?
    1.   L.R, Zinder and Bloomfield
    2.   Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield
    3.   Edward Sapir and Scherba
    4.   L.R. Zinder and Edward Sapir
40. What is object of phonetics?
    1.   Biological features
    2.   Intonation
    3.   Physical features of a language
    4.   Oral speech
41. What does lexicology deal with?
    1.   With word building
    2.   With consonants
    3.   With their meaning
    4.   With word building & With consonants
42. Whom the London. School of Phonology is headed by?
    1.   L.R. Zinder
    2.   Edward Sapir
    3.   Daniel Tones
    4.   Leonard Bloomfield
43. How many types of stress are in English?
    1.   Secondary
    2.   Unstressed
    3.   Primary
    4.   All asnwers are correct
44. What is used in experimental methods of investigation?
    1.   It analyses by ear, by sight
    2.   It analyses in observing actual fact of language
    3.   It is based up on the use of special apparatuses or instruments
    4.   It analyses by ear, by sig & It analyses in observing actual fact of language
45. Who was Otto Jespersen?
    1.   He had proved least sonorous sounds
    2.   He had proved speech
    3.   He was a writer
    4.   He had proved speech & He was a writer
46. How many consonants are there in English?
    1.   12
    2.   22
    3.   10
    4.   20
47. How many types of obstruction do you know?
    1.   I complete
    2.   2 complete & incomplete
    3.   1 bilabial
    4.   2 voiced & voiceless
48. What does Descriptive phonetics study?
    1.   discussion of phonetics
    2.   history of the language
    3.   one certain language
    4.   phonetical figures
49. Where did derive from the word " phonetic " ?
    1.   from Greek word
    2.   from Latin word
    3.   from Russian
    4.   from German word
50. Find the main terms of phonetics
    1.   name, language, syllable
    2.   object, subject, vowel
    3.   sounds ,stress, flower
    4.   stress, consonant, intonation
51. How many branches in phonetics?
    1.   7
    2.   5
    3.   5
    4.   3
52. Who is the one of the representative of the Leningrad phonological school?
    1.   L.V.Shcherba
    2.   A.A. Reformatsky
    3.   N.S. Trubetzkoy
    4.   D.B.Fry
53. J.Firth, D.Jones, I.Ward, L.Armstrong from what phonological school they were
    1.   from Prague
    2.   from USA
    3.   from London
    4.   from Russian
54. Find the third method of investigation, first is the direct observation, the second is the linguistic and the third -?
    1.   articular
    2.   experimental
    3.   Phonetical
    4.   Perceptual
55. What is a biological science and is concerned with physical and physiological characteristics of speech sounds .
    1.   Physiology
    2.   Phonology
    3.   Phonetics
    4.   Sound
56. Where does the Southern type of a pronunciation is used?
    1.   In the USA, Holland, Ireland
    2.   In Russia, Japan, South Korea, India
    3.   In Florida, Texas, North and South Carolina, Georgia Virginia
    4.   In Texas, Virginia, Netherlands
57. What does Perceptual aspect study?
    1.   The voice producing mechanism and the way
    2.   The way of the hearing speech utterances
    3.   The way of the pronouncing
    4.   The way of the transcription
58. Find the best answer. .....comprises three important modes of phonetics analyses by ear, by sight and muscular sensation.
    1.   experimental
    2.   perceptual
    3.   direct observation
    4.   the linguistic
59. Who did distinguish two sub types of recessive stress in words with prefix which have lost their referential meaning unrestricted and restricted.
    1.   Otto Jesperson
    2.   D. Jones
    3.   G .P.Torsuyev
    4.   V.A.Vassilyev
60. What is the bulk of the English words are?
    1.   a Latin origin
    2.   a Romanic origin
    3.   a German origin
    4.   a Latin origin & a German origin
61. What origins words consist of two syllables?
    1.   Roman origin
    2.   Latin origin
    3.   German origin
    4.   English origin
62. Who used the terra phoneme in the meaning of the speech sounds ?
    1.   L.V.Shcherba
    2.   M.V.Panov
    3.   N.V.Sidorov
    4.   Ferdinan de Saussure
63. Which School's representatives based their definition of a phoneme on the concept of the morpheme ?
    1.   Moscow
    2.   Prague
    3.   London
    4.   The USA
64. Whose theory may be called "atomistic"?
    1.   L.V.Shcherba
    2.   D.Jones
    3.   F. De Saussure
    4.   S.Edwerd
65. How many pronouncing types exist in Great Britain ?
    1.   3
    2.   5
    3.   4
    4.   7
66. Where does Northern English pronouncing is used?
    1.   In Wales
    2.   In London
    3.   In the region between Birmingham & Scotland
    4.   In Northern Ireland
67. Find the bets answer. Bloomfieldian descriptive phonology is a called the relative ... .
    1.   phonetical theory
    2.   syllabic theory
    3.   perceptual theory
    4.   acoustic theory
68. Intonation is an essential prosodic element of ….speech.
    1.   human
    2.   people’s
    3.   dog’s
    4.   my friend’s
69. There are …. principles of describing intonation.
    1.   5
    2.   4
    3.   3
    4.   7
70. Baundonin de Courtenay defined the phoneme as the:
    1.   “psychology”
    2.   “psychologically”
    3.   “psycho lingual
    4.   “psychological”
71. Phonetics connected with:
    1.   grammar
    2.   stylistics
    3.   all linguistics sciences
    4.   Lexicology
72. Phonetics is of:
    1.   practical value
    2.   both: theoretically and practical value
    3.   only theoretically value,
    4.   only practical value
73. Phonetics is:
    1.   not a separate independent science.
    2.   a separate independent science.
    3.   independent branch of linguistics.
    4.   a new science
74. There are several branches (types) of phonetics. They are:
    1.   Descriptive phonetics, comparative typological phonetics
    2.   General phonetics descriptive phonetics, diachronical phonetics
    3.   Comparative typological phonetics
    4.   General, descriptive, historical or diachronical and comparative - typological-phonetics.
75. Speech sounds have:
    1.   5 aspects,
    2.   4 aspects,
    3.   3 aspects
    4.   6 aspects
76. Phonetics is:
    1.   a biological science.
    2.   linguistic and biological science
    3.   a linguistic science.
    4.   lingvostylistic science
77. There are ... principal methods of investigation:
    1.   6
    2.   4
    3.   3
    4.   5
78. The bulk of English words are:
    1.   of Romanic origin
    2.   of Germany origin
    3.   both of Germanic and Romanic origin.
    4.   Romanic origin
79. Mainly in phonetics the following parts of speech are stressed:
    1.   only the noun
    2.   notional verbs
    3.   prepositions, articles
    4.   the nouns, adjectives, notional verbs, adverbs, numeral demonstrative pronouns.
80. According to the direction of assimilation we distinguish…
    1.   regressive assimilation
    2.   progressive assimilation
    3.   filoteral assimilation
    4.   regressive assimilation & progressive assimilation
81. The main parts of Trubetskoy's theory are:
    1.   the separation of the phonology from phonetics, the theory of tin oppositions, the theory of the arch-phoneme
    2.   the theory of the phonological oppositions
    3.   the theory of the arch-phoneme
    4.   the separation of the phonology from phonetics.
82. The American Phonological School is headed by:
    1.   Ferdinand de Sausure
    2.   Ferdinand de Sausure
    3.   Leonard Bloomfield
    4.   Ferdinand de Sausure & Leonard Bloomfield
83. The London Phonological school is headed by:
    1.   Prof. D. Jones
    2.   N.S.Trubetskoy
    3.   Ferdinand de Saussure
    4.   L.Hjelmslev
84. A syllable may consists of:
    1.   two phonemes
    2.   one phoneme
    3.   a number of phonemes
    4.   one phoneme or of a number of phonemes
85. Phonetic transcription is:
    1.   a type of transcription, which provides -special variants
    2.   a special script, which is used to represent
    3.   a special script, which is used to represent the phonetic from of sentences accurately
    4.   a special script, which is used to represent the phonetic from of words accurately
86. At present there are the following regional pronunciation types exist in Great Britain:
    1.   Northern English Pronunciation
    2.   Southern English Pronunciation
    3.   Both answers are true
87. There are at least major speech areas in the USA
    1.   6
    2.   4
    3.   3
    4.   7
88. There are... types of intonation in English
    1.   6 types
    2.   7 types
    3.   5 types
    4.   9 types
89. English monophthongs are classified according to the ... principles.
    1.   7 principles
    2.   5 principles
    3.   6 principles
    4.   4 principles
90. English consonants are classified according to the... principles.
    1.   4 principles
    2.   3 principles
    3.   5 principles
    4.   6 principles
91. The Sankt-Petersburg phonological school is headed by .. .
    1.   I. A. Baundonin de Courtenay
    2.   A. A. Reformatsky
    3.   L. V. Shcherba
    4.   I. Word, H. Kingdom
92. The Moscow phonological school is headed by .. .
    1.   L. V. Shcherba
    2.   W. Matezius , B. Havranek
    3.   A. A. Reformatsky
    4.   J. R. Firth, D. Jones, I. Word, H. Kingdom, and Gimson.
93. The Prague phonological school is headed by .. .
    1.   W. Matezius, B. Havranek
    2.   A. A. Reformatsky
    3.   L. V. Shcherba
    4.   J. R. Firth, D. Jones, I. Word, H. Kingdom, and A. C. Gimson.
94. The London phonological school is headed by .. .
    1.   A. A. Reformatsky
    2.   W. Matezius, B. Havranek
    3.   J. R. Firth, D. Jones, I. Word, H. Kingdom, and A. C. Gimson
    4.   L. V. Shcherba
95. When did the book “Principles of Phonology” publish?
    1.   in 1945
    2.   in 2005
    3.   in 1999
    4.   in 1939
96. Where did the book “Principles of Phonology” publish?
    1.   in Tokyo
    2.   in Russia
    3.   in Uzbekistan
    4.   in German
97. The fundamental scientific works have been done by ….
    1.   .Reformatsky
    2.   L.V.Shcherba
    3.   J. Firth, D.Jones
    4.   W.Matezius, B.Havranek
98. … linguists presented original ideas on phonemic and prosodic analyses.
    1.   the Uzbek
    2.   the Latin
    3.   the British
    4.   the French
99. A new approach to the description of English phonemics and prosodic is given by …
    1.   L. Shcherba
    2.   W. Matezius, B. Havranek
    3.   A. C. Gimson
    4.   J. Firth, D. Jones
100. Phonetic transcription – represents …. .
     1.   a system of syllables.
     2.   a system of letters.
     3.   a system of sounds
     4.   a system of words.
101. Northern English pronunciation is use in the region between …
     1.   Scotland and Russia.
     2.   England and France
     3.   London and Tashkent
     4.   Birmingham and the border of Scotland.
102. There is no difference between the written forms of …
     1.   Scotland and Russia.
     2.   England and France
     3.   Scottish and British English.
     4.   Birmingham and the border of Scotland
103. The southern types of American pronunciation is used in … .
     1.   in Tashkent
     2.   in Pennsylvania
     3.   in Russia
     4.   in German
104. G. P. Torsuev distinguished … types of variations of the English phonemes.
     1.   4
     2.   8
     3.   6
     4.   2
105. There are ….. monophthongs in English.
     1.   3
     2.   4
     3.   5
     4.   10
106. There are …… diphthongs in English.
     1.   8
     2.   10
     3.   12
     4.   4
107. There are …… diphthongoids in English.
     1.   2
     2.   20
     3.   3
     4.   6
108. There are …… principles of describing intonation.
     1.   3
     2.   2
     3.   10
     4.   6
109. Acoustic Phonetics studies …………..
     1.   the acoustic properties of letters
     2.   the acoustic properties of words
     3.   the acoustic properties of sounds
     4.   the acoustic properties of sentences
110. Prosody (Intonation) is a complex unity of ………
     1.   sentence stress, rhythm, tempo, speech melody
     2.   sentence stress, rhythm, tempo, speech melody and voice timbre
     3.   sentence stress, rhythm, tempo and voice timbre
     4.   sentence stress, tempo, speech melody and voice timbre
111. Phonetics studies the outer form of language; …...
     1.   its letter matter
     2.   its word matter
     3.   its sound matter
     4.   its melody matter
112. The branch of Theoretical Phonetics investigates the appropriate aspect of … .
     1.   speak
     2.   speech
     3.   Talk
     4.   Sound
113. General phonetics studies all the …… producing possibilities of the human speech apparatus.
     1.   sounds
     2.   stresses
     3.   speeches
     4.   Syllables
114. Descriptive phonetics gives a description of all the …. units of the given language
     1.   Word
     2.   phonetic
     3.   talk
     4.   peech
115. Historical phonetics studies changes in the … system and stages of historical development.
     1.   grammatical
     2.   linguistic
     3.   phonetic
     4.   Phonologic
116. Comparative phonetics studies correlation between … systems of two languages.
     1.   phonologic
     2.   linguistic
     3.   Phonetic
     4.   Grammatical
117. Practical phonetics studies the substance, material form of ... phenomena in relation to meaning.
     1.   phonologic
     2.   linguistic
     3.   grammatical
     4.   phonetic
118. Theoretical phonetics is concerned with functioning of ... units of the language.
     1.   phonologic
     2.   linguistic
     3.   Phonetic
     4.   Grammatical
119. What is syllable?
     1.   Speech sounds
     2.   Minimal pronunciable unit
     3.   Oral form of phenomenon
     4.   The highest pitch of the voice
120. What are four types of syllables?
     1.   Western type
     2.   Eastern type
     3.   Open, closed, covered, uncovered types
     4.   Southern type
121. What is open type of syllable?
     1.   The syllable which ends to a consonant
     2.   The syllable which ends to “r”
     3.   The syllable which ends to “l”
     4.   The syllable which ends to a vowel
122. What is closed type of syllable?
     1.   A syllable which ends to a vowel letter
     2.   A syllable which ends to "a”
     3.   A syllable which ends to a consonant
     4.   A syllable which ends to “e”
123. What is unstressed syllable?
     1.   The syllable which takes a stress
     2.   The syllable which ends to a consonant
     3.   The syllable where the stress is not put
     4.   The syllable which ends to vowel
124. What is intonation?
     1.   The degree of noise
     2.   The degree of assimilation
     3.   The manner of articulation
     4.   The highest and the lowest pitch of the voice
125. What is transcription?
     1.   Oral rule of phenomenon
     2.   A set of symbols representing speech sounds
     3.   Pronouncing the words by letters
     4.   Written form of words
126. What is sense group?
     1.   Set of symbols representing speech sounds
     2.   Oral rule of phenomenon
     3.   A group of words forming the shortest possible unit
     4.   Manner of articulation
127. What is stressed syllable?
     1.   The syllable where the stress is not put
     2.   The syllable which ends to a vowel
     3.   The syllable where the stress is put
     4.   The syllable which ends to a consonant
128. How many types of word stress do we differentiate in English?
     1.   Four
     2.   Five
     3.   Three
     4.   Six
129. Name the types of word stress.
     1.   Strong, weak, primary
     2.   Primary, strong, weak
     3.   Primary, secondary, weak
     4.   Secondary, primary, weak
130. Complete the sentence with a logically correct word. Intonation is presented in every …
     1.   Sentence
     2.   Phoneme
     3.   House
     4.   Shop
131. What main functions of intonation do we distinguish ?
     1.   Grammatical and emotional
     2.   Linguistic
     3.   Non-linguistic
     4.   Physical
132. How many main phonological schools and trends do we differentiate?
     1.   Five
     2.   Six
     3.   Four
     4.   Seven
133. What is the grammatical function?
     1.   To learn the grammatical structure of the sentence
     2.   To learn phonology
     3.   To determine the communicative types of the sentence
     4.   To learn the suprasegmental phonology
134. What do we understand by the emotional function?
     1.   To define the grammatical structure of the sentence
     2.   To define the morphological structure of the sentence
     3.   To express the attitude to what the person says, his state and emotions
     4.   To define types of sentences
135. Which phonological school should be mentioned first?
     1.   The Moscow phonological School
     2.   The Prague phonological School
     3.   The London Phonological School
     4.   The Leningrad phonological School
136. With which academician’s name is closely connected the theory of Leningrad Phonological School?
     1.   Lev Vladimirovich Scherba
     2.   V.I.Letkin
     3.   N.K.Yakovlev
     4.   P.S.Kuznetsov
137. How many functions does phoneme serve to perform in speech?
     1.   Four
     2.   Five
     3.   Three
     4.   Six
138. Name the functions of phoneme that serves to perform in speech
     1.   Cognitive, distinctive, recognitive
     2.   Constitutive
     3.   Syntactical
     4.   Grammatical
139. What phonological schools are existed?
     1.   Moscow, American
     2.   French, Japan
     3.   Scottish, American
     4.   Leningrad, Moscow, Prague, London
140. How many periods does the phonological theory may be divided into?Four
     1.   Four
     2.   Five
     3.   Six
     4.   Two
141. What are the periods that the phonological theory may be divided into?
     1.   Phonological
     2.   Segmental
     3.   The pre-phoneme and the phonemic
     4.   Supra-segmental
142. What was Baudoin de Courtenay’s definition to a phoneme?
     1.   Psychological equivalent of the speech sounds
     2.   Grammatical equivalent of the speech sounds
     3.   Morphological equivalent of the speech sounds
     4.   Syntactical equivalent of the speech sounds
143. According to R. Kingdon the most important nuclear tones in English are:
     1.   Low Fall, High Fall, Low Rise, High Rise, and Fall-Rise.
     2.   Low Fall, High Fall, Low Rise and Fall-Rise.
     3.   Low Fall, High Fall, High Rise, and Fall-Rise.
     4.   Low Fall, , Low Rise, High Rise, and Fall-Rise.
144. There are ….. types of American language
     1.   2
     2.   4
     3.   6
     4.   3
145. How many levels are there in phonetics and phonology?
     1.   3
     2.   4
     3.   2
     4.   6
146. ......... is a branch of linguistics which studies physiological aspect of speech sound?
     1.   phonology
     2.   morphology
     3.   phonetics
     4.   syntax
147. ..........is a branch of linguistics which studies speech sounds as means of distinction of words and morphemes?
     1.   Phonology
     2.   Phonetics
     3.   Morphology
     4.   Syntax
148. Which levels of investigation do phonetics & phonology have?
     1.   segmental & suprasegmental
     2.   direct and indirect
     3.   segmental & suprasegmental & direct and indirect
     4.   Indirect
149. .......... level studies phonemes realized in various speech sounds?
     1.   Supra segmental
     2.   Direct
     3.   Segmental
     4.   Indirect
150. ......... level studies the distinctive features realized in syllables, stress & intonation?
     1.   Direct
     2.   Segmental
     3.   Suprasegmental
     4.   Indirect
151. How many phonemes does Russian have?
     1.   40
     2.   41
     3.   42
     4.   45
152. How many consonant and vowel phonemes does English have?
     1.   24-c, 20-v.
     2.   20-c, 24-v
     3.   24-c, 22-v
     4.   24-c, 10-v
153. Word stress in a language performs ….. functions.
     1.   2
     2.   3
     3.   4
     4.   6
154. How many letters are there in English?
     1.   24
     2.   20
     3.   33
     4.   26
155. Define the types of phonemes in English.
     1.   monophtongs, diphthongs
     2.   triphtongs, diphtongoids
     3.   monophtongs, triphtongs
     4.   monophtongs, diphthongs, triphtongs, diphtongoids
156. How many consonants are there in English?
     1.   24
     2.   20
     3.   26
     4.   33
157. Phonology studies.........?
     1.   sound combinations
     2.   prosodical means
     3.   stress
     4.   sound combinations, prosodical means
158. Phonetics studies.........?
     1.   functional features of phonemes
     2.   acoustics of phonemes
     3.   acoustics of phonemes, functional features of phonemes
     4.   phonemes
159. How many monophthongs does English have?
     1.   12
     2.   15
     3.   13
     4.   11
160. How many vowels are there in English?
     1.   26
     2.   20
     3.   6
     4.   12
161. How many functional styles by Sokolova do you know?
     1.   6
     2.   2
     3.   5
     4.   3
162. Find the third method of investigation, first is the direct observation, the second is the linguistic and the third -?
     1.   experimental
     2.   articular
     3.   phonetically
     4.   erceptual
163. What is a biological science and is concerned with physical and physiological characteristics of speech sounds.
     1.   Phonetics
     2.   Physiology
     3.   Phonology
     4.   Sound
164. How many kinds of speech rhythm do we differentiate?
     1.   Two
     2.   Four
     3.   Three
     4.   Five
165. Name the types of speech rhythm.
     1.   Stress-timed rhythm
     2.   Syllable-timed rhythm
     3.   Emotional rhythm
     4.   Syllable-timed rhythm, stress-timed rhythm
166. Which nuclear tone is used in General Questions?
     1.   Fall-rise
     2.   Low rise
     3.   Rise fall
     4.   Falling
167. Which nuclear tone is used in Special Questions?
     1.   Falling-Rising
     2.   Fall-rise
     3.   Low Fall
     4.   Low -Rise
168. Which nuclear tone is used in Alternative Questions?
     1.   Low -Rise/Low-Fall
     2.   Falling
     3.   Low-Fall
     4.   Rise-Fall
169. Which nuclear tone is used in Disjunctive Questions?
     1.   Low-Fall/Low-Rise
     2.   Falling
     3.   Fall-Rise
     4.   Rise-Fall
170. Which nuclear tone is used in Statements?
     1.   Rise-Fall
     2.   Falling-Rising
     3.   Low-Fall
     4.   Low-Rise.
171. Which nuclear tone is used in Requests
     1.   Rise-Fall
     2.   Fall-Rise
     3.   Low-Rise
     4.   Falling
172. Which nuclear tone is used in Imperatives?
     1.   Low-Fall
     2.   Low-Rise
     3.   Fall-Rise
     4.   Rise-Fall
173. Which nuclear tone is used in Direct Address at the beginning of the sentence?
     1.   Low-Rise
     2.   Rise-Fall-Rise
     3.   High-Rise
     4.   Fall-Rise or Low-Fall
174. Which nuclear tone is used in Direct Address in the middle of the sentence?
     1.   Low-Rise
     2.   High-Rise
     3.   Unstressed or half stressed and continues the tune of a preceding stressed syllable
     4.   High-Fall
175. Name the types of assimilation according to the degree of completeness?
     1.   Incomplete
     2.   Complete
     3.   Regressive
     4.   Complete and incomplete
176. What nuclear tone is used in Parentheses at the beginning of the sentence?
     1.   Low-Rise
     2.   High-Fall
     3.   Depends on the speaker’s attitude: falling or rising or falling-rising
     4.   Low-Fall
177. What nuclear tone is used in Parentheses in the middle of the sentence?
     1.   High-rise
     2.   High-Fall
     3.   Falling or Rising
     4.   Low-Rise
178. What nuclear tone is used in Parentheses at the end of the sentence?
     1.   High-rise
     2.   High-Fall
     3.   Low-Rise
     4.   Unstressed or half stressed and continues the tune of the preceding stressed syllable
179. What nuclear tone is used in exclamations and interjections?
     1.   Low-rise
     2.   Low-Fall
     3.   High-Rise
     4.   High-Fall and Low-Fall
180. What nuclear tone is used in enumerations?
     1.   High-rise
     2.   High-fall
     3.   Every unfinished stressed is pronounced with low-rise and the last stressed syllable is pronounced with low-fall
     4.   Fall-rise
181. What nuclear tone is used in adverbials at the beginning of the sentence?
     1.   High-fall
     2.   Low-fall
     3.   Low-rise
     4.   Fall-rise
182. What nuclear tone is used in adverbials at the end of the sentence?
     1.   Low-rise
     2.   Unstressed or half stressed and doesn’t form a separate intonation group
     3.   Low-fall
     4.   High-fall
183. What nuclear tone is used in participial construction at the beginning of the sentence?
     1.   Rising tone
     2.   Falling tone
     3.   Rise-fall-rise
     4.   Fall-rise
184. What nuclear tone is used in participial construction at the end of the sentence?
     1.   Rising tone
     2.   Rise-fall-rise
     3.   Falling tone
     4.   Fall-rise
185. How many types of sentence stress are exists in English?
     1.   Four
     2.   Two
     3.   Three
     4.   Five
186. Name the types of sentence stress.
     1.   Logical, normal, emphatic
     2.   Normal
     3.   Emphatic
     4.   Logical
187. What nuclear tone is used in commands and orders?
     1.   Falling tone
     2.   Rising tone
     3.   High-rise
     4.   Low-rise
188. What nuclear tone is used in sentences beginning with there +to be ?
     1.   High-rise
     2.   High-fall
     3.   Low-rise
     4.   Unstressed or half stressed and doesn’t form a separate intonation group
189. What nuclear tone is used in adverbial modifier of place standing before “there + to be “?
     1.   Low-fall
     2.   High-fall
     3.   Low-rise
     4.   Low-fall
190. What is the pre-head?
     1.   The first unstressed syllable
     2.   The first stressed syllable
     3.   The second stressed syllable
     4.   The last stressed syllable
191. What is the head?
     1.   The first stressed syllable
     2.   The second stressed syllable
     3.   The last stressed syllable
     4.   The first unstressed syllable
192. What is the nuclear?
     1.   The last stressed syllable
     2.   The first stressed syllable
     3.   The second stressed syllable
     4.   The first unstressed syllable
193. What is the tail?
     1.   The first stressed syllable
     2.   The second stressed syllable
     3.   The last unstressed syllable
     4.   The first unstressed syllable
194. How many types of nuclear tones are there in English?
     1.   Six
     2.   Five
     3.   Eight
     4.   Seven
195. Is the vowel [i] long or shot in “symbol”?
     1.   Long
     2.   Strong
     3.   Weak
     4.   Short
196. What vowel sound is there in “fire”?
     1.   Monophthong
     2.   Triphthong
     3.   Diphthong
     4.   Deegraph
197. Which vowel sound is there in “light” and “mile”?
     1.   [u]
     2.   [oi]
     3.   [ai]
     4.   [a:]
198. How many types of assimilation are there according to direction of assimilation?
     1.   Four
     2.   Three
     3.   Five
     4.   Six
199. Name the types of assimilation according to the direction of assimilation?
     1.   Syntactic
     2.   Grammatical
     3.   Progressive, regressive, reciprocal
     4.   Progressive
200. How many types of assimilation are there in English according to the degree of completeness?
     1.   Three
     2.   One
     3.   Four
     4.   Two