B) People belonging to different races and nationalities possess identical speech apparatus
C) It is explained by the grammatical laws of the languages
D) Because all the languages have absolutely spectrally identical sounds
E) It is explained by the phonetical laws of the languages
66. What is velarization?
A) softness of consonants
B) softness of vowels
C) adaptation of
D) loss of sounds in speech
E) hardness of consonants
67. Find one of the components of the English phonetic structure.
A) syllabic;
B) acoustic;
C) auditory;
D) intensity.
E) loudness
68. The allophones which do not undergo any distinguishable changes in the chain of speech are called....
A) Subsidiary allophones.
B) Principal allophones.
C) Material allophones.
D) Phonemic allophones.
E) Contrastive allophones.
69. Find the case of assimilation in the following examples:
A) booty-beaty
B) less-loose
C) congress
D) mostly- [mousli]
E/ tip-top
70. Qualitative or quantitative weakening oft vowels in unstressed positions.
A) elision
B) assimilation;
C) accomodation;
D) reduction;
E) delision
71. Name one of the aspects of speech sounds.
A) practical;
B) fundamental;
C) acoustic;
D) distinctive.
E) recognitive
72. The word "accent" describes......
A) Pronunciation errors.
B) Regional dialects.
C) Pronunciation features in a foreign language influenced by the mother tongue.
D) National variants of the language.
E) Received standard pronunciation.
73. What speech organ belongs to the vibrator mechanism?
A) mouth cavity
B) the lunge;
C) the lips.
D) larynx;
E) the teeth
74. On what theory is phonology based?
A) morpheme theory;
B) acoustic theory;
C) phoneme theory
D) auditory theory.
E) sonority theory
75. Find the example of sound alternation:
A) that’s all right
B) does she
C) none-noon;
D) wise – wisdom
E) at three
76. How do we call the type of obstruction when the articulating organs are in close contact, the air passage is completely blocked?
A) intermitted
B) incomplete
C) complete
D) constrictive
E) double
77. Who was the founder of phonology?
A) L.V. Shcherba
B) A.A. Reformatsky
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