UNIVERSITY OF SOCLAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE, Sovdset I; Rae vanwunamoatinnnsry-ocmmoary — solarstanee Nqufit Gh, sin Hating Ca: FINAL EXAMINATION Course: ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY Time Allotted: 60 minutes Exam Date: 202_ Approved by Proctor | Dept. Chair (cBcT) ae: oa | Score in figures: | 1 1 | 2. 2. ‘Score in words: Notes: Materials or dictionaries are NOT allowed. - Dope oO Students write their answers on the answer sheet. le ps _phén cas: om ‘SECTION 1: Fill in the blanks with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS (5 points) 1. Consonants are made by producing an obstruction to the flow of air at some point ix the vocal tract,” and when we classify consonants one of the most important things to establish is the place where this obstruction is made; this is known as the (eeheclatin Neg avimilahm place ucla 2. If speech is thought of as a string of sounds linked together, is what happens to a sound when itis influenced by one of its neighbours. For example, the word ‘this’ has the sound s atthe end if it is pronounced on its own, but when followed by {in a word such as ‘shop it often changes in rapid speech (through 7_} to if, giving the pronunciation /OifTop/. 5 wicdlss p Wied, 5, AL[ui ZT sound is a weakly articulated one (the word comes from Latin, where it means smooth, senile"). The opposite term is forts: In general, the term [{enis_]is wsed of voiced consonaeis (which are supposed to be less strongly ‘articulated than voiceless ones), and is resorted to particularly for languages such as German, Russian and English where “voiced” phonemes like /b, d, g/ are not always voiced. vow. ae is used to refer to a vowel in which there is no detectabl tend; an alternative name is monophthong. These are contrasted with vo the glide in a diphthong. “twtng Phaw change in from beginning {© Js containing a movement, such a5 5, In the study of intonation itis usual to divide speech into larger units than syllables. If one studies oaly >, unless: Short sentences said in isolation it may be sufficient to make no subdivision of the uterane® to mark out rhythmical units such as the foot, but in longer utterances there must be some points st which the analyst marks a break between the end of one pattem and the beginning ofthe next ‘These breaks divide speech into [genus and are called boundaries. ton-wilg i ° | oo P = for SE tegen mmebefier cho dash # au th i ‘ ‘part in each of derlined SECTION 2: Provide the correct phoneme and desertion OF the and following words (S points) Word Phoneme Deseription e.g. teacher Ww Voiceless alveolar ae | & voles , pot: 2 sage ig [a We valet ae : a Tol fatourded, Ahort, excl, back, | slow = 3. chair on elsigelptheng- far pfu goed SECTION 3: Transcribe the following words phonetically (10 points) Word , Phonetic Transcription 1. without ne 2, cushion 3. handkerchief 4. typical _ 5. sure SECTION 4:"Transeribe the words then analyze the structure ofthe Sables (10 points) SYLLABLE i CODA Words | Transcription | Pre- Post- Pre. | FINAL | Post- | Post- | Post- (Pree | INITIAL) ict | PPA | tinal final | final | final ri [shrinks 2 | mapped 3]__are 4[_stroop 3] _cure SECTION 5: Transcribe the following name the processes (10 points) eg havetoleave > © /hefioliv 1. get them > [got'Sam/ [ 2. “some of you” sounds like “summer view” SA a Dv yuu gu, toni] pagenive assimiladin, Iai! phrases to show the phonotogical processes involved. Then / REGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION n 2 LundyR % |, g00d night > RA : 4, looked back > E listen / bare back.) [ lek pboekI S.thatperson> = RA Sa 6: Give the intonation marks for the utterances in bold type based on the context given. (10 8. A: How many do you need? ise Fall B: \Twen ty (Final) RF Pang. Fahing de 1. A: What do you think? Aube 4 cock ghi B: This is amazing.(B is surprised.) LE lel ¥ Plat tere x A: Do you really love him? B: Yes, I guess so. (B is not sure.) F R . A: Have you seen Tom? APs) |. B:No.(B wants to know more about why A is looking for Tor) LT 4. A: How are you? \B: Fine, (Bis feeling bored) FR 5. A: Do you want to take a walk and talk about if " B: Okay. (B is not expecting A to suggest that.) - This is the end of the test. Ty rt leols eee ve Kk te me Be Tt lebs_/o 2 2 a 2 = a jy Se ea eo Dt looks vor gee \ TH lok rok be ne Chan {espa ps an eer