PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY FIRST PARTIAL EXAM

STUDENT’S NAME_____________________________________________________

REGISTRATION NUMBER ______________________________________________

PROFESSOR_________________________________________________________

PART 1

Fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate concept supplied below. (20 points.)

Phonetic alphabet - phonology – diagraph - phonemes - communication – allophone –

vocabulary - sound system – phonetics - language

1- ________________________ is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for

human communication.

2- _________________________ allows people to say things to each other and

express their communicative needs.

3- _________________________ is the list of all the lexicon in a language.

4- _________________________ is the list of all the different sounds used in a

language.

5- _________________________ is concerned with describing the speech sounds

that occur in the languages of the world. We want to know what these sounds are, how
they fall into patterns, and how they change in different circumstances.

6- _________________________ is the description of the system and patterns of

sounds that occur in a language. It involves studying a language to determine its
distinctive sounds and to establish a set of rules that describe the set of changes that
take place in these sounds when they occur in different relationship with other sounds.

7- _________________________ are the smallest segments of sound that can be

distinguished by their contrast within words.

8- _________________________ is one of the different variations of a phoneme, that

is, it is the different ways of saying or expressing the same sound.

9- _________________________ consists of a large number of symbols which may

be employed to represent the sounds of many languages.

10- ________________________ is a combination of two letters representing one

single sound, as in Th. /θ/

PART 2 – 25 points

1- Define Phonetics (5 points)

2- Define Phonology (5)

3- Mention the three branches of phonetics and define them: (15 points)
PART 3. Choose the right answer. (10 points)

1- The information provided in the chart below is a representation of:

A- Phonemic transcription

B- Phonetic transcription

2-The information provided in the chart below is a representation of:

A- Broad transcription

B- Narrow transcription
PART- 4 (15 points)

1- Define articulator:

2- Name 3 active articulators and 3 passive articulators:

3- Define Allophone

PART- 5

1- Above each column on the table below write the type of transcription required:
(15 points)

PART6.

1- Fill in the blank spaces with the following definition: (15 points)

____________________________ indicates only the most noticeable phonetic features of

an utterance, whereas _______________________ encodes more information about the
phonetic variations of the specific allophones in the utterance.

2- From the different transcription provided below circle the one containing DIACRITICS?

<Phonetics > /tɛnθ/ [tʰɛñ ̪ θ]