Challenger App
Home
Exams
Questions
Quiz
Notes
Blog
Contact Us
e-Book
×
Home
Exams
▼
Questions
Quiz
Notes
Blog
Contact Us
e-Book
Home
/
Questions
/
English Literature
/
Phonetics
No.1 PSC Learning App
★
★
★
★
★
1M+ Downloads
Get App
What does morphology study in linguistics?
Open
Question
All vowels in English are generally:
Open
Question
What is the name of the opening between the vocal cords?
Open
Question
Which of the following sounds is a voiceless consonant?
Open
Question
The larynx is commonly known as:
Open
Question
The lungs are part of which system involved in speech production?
Open
Question
Which of the following is essential for the production of speech sounds?
Open
Question
When air is pushed out to produce speech sounds, the mechanism is called:
Open
Question
Which air-stream mechanism is used in all languages for producing most speech sounds?
Open
Question
Which of the following is not a type of air-stream mechanism?
Open
Question
How many main types of air-stream mechanisms are there in speech production?
Open
Question
What is essential for the production of speech sounds?
Open
Question
A person who specializes in phonetics is called a:
Open
Question
Phonetics deals with the study and classification of:
Open
Question
Phonetics is a branch of:
Open
Question
Which of these words has a pure vowel (monophthong) in the syllable nucleus?
Open
Question
In the word "boy", what type of vowel sound is in the nucleus?
Open
Question
Which of the following words has a diphthong as its nucleus?
Open
Question
Which part of a syllable is mandatory in all spoken syllables?
Open
Question
Which of the following words has no coda in its first syllable?
Open
Question
In the word "cat", what is the coda?
Open
Question
What is the nucleus of a syllable typically composed of?
Open
Question
Which of the following words is monosyllabic?
Open
Question
What is the correct syllable structure for the word “strengths” /strɛŋkθs/?
Open
Question
Which of the following sound sequences is NOT allowed by English phonotactic rules?
Open
Question
What does it mean when two sounds are in contrastive distribution?
Open
Question
Which of the following is a minimal pair?
Open
Question
Allophones are:
Open
Question
Which branch of linguistics is concerned with how sounds function in a language system?
Open
Question
In the words pin [phin] and spin [spin], the [ph] and [p] sounds are:
Open
Question
Which term refers to the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word?
Open
Question
What does narrow transcription focus on?
Open
Question
What does the feature of "cultural transmission" in human language refer to?
Open
Question
In which of the following ways does human language differ from animal communication in terms of meaning assignment?
Open
Question
Which of the following is NOT a feature of human language?
Open
Question
What feature of human language allows speakers to both send and receive messages?
Open
Question
What distinguishes animal communication from human language in terms of symbol usage?
Open
Question
Which feature of human language allows us to form new words by combining symbols and rules?
Open
Question
What is the ability of human language to generate an infinite number of messages called?
Open
Question
Which of the following best describes the relationship between a word and its meaning in human language?
Open
Question
Which of the following is a feature that allows human language to be passed down through generations?
Open
Question
Which of the following is a feature of human language that allows us to talk about events in the past or future?
Open
Question
The majority of words in a language cannot be explained by which of the following theories?
Open
Question
Which of the following is a limitation of the Bow-Wow Theory?
Open
Question
According to the Gesture Theory, communication includes:
Open
Question
The Gesture Theory suggests that communication before spoken or written symbols involved:
Open
Question
Which of the following interjections supports the Pooh-Pooh Theory?
Open
Question
The Pooh-Pooh Theory argues that language originated from:
Open
Question
Who proposed the Ding-Dong Theory?
Open
Question
According to the Ding-Dong Theory, language originated from:
Open
Question
‹ Previous Page
Next Page ›