UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DEL NORTE

Facultad de Educación, Ciencia Y Tecnología

English Major – Phonology of the English Language

Questionnaire
1. Write true (T) or false (F).

a) Phonemics studies the relevant, distinctive and significant elements in a

language which are used to establish difference the meaning. (_T_)
b) Phonetics is the study and description of speech sounds that are not made by the
human voice. (_F_)
c) The tool used to describe and write sounds is (API) International phonetic (_F_)
alphabet.

2. Choose the correct answer.

- Why it is used the stress mark '?

a) To show that the following syllable is stressed
b) To show a pause in the phonetic transcription
c) To show boundaries between syllables
- What is the main focus of the manner of articulation?
a) To predict what sounds are going to be made.
b) To explain how sounds are made.
c) To explain why sounds are made.

- Which type of transfer means that both languages have the same element with
the same function?
a) Positive transfer
b) Zero transfer
c) Negative transfer
3. Answer the following questions.
a) What is the difference between point of articulation and manner of articulation?
Point of articulation is any part in the mouth that can be reached by the articulator and
manner of articulation refers to the way how the air flows during the production of a
sound
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b) What is phonemics?
It is the study of the relevant ,distinctive and significant elements in a language to
establish differences in the
meaning._____________________________________________________
 c) What is an allophone?
An allophone is a real speech variant of a specific phoneme which occurs under certain
circumstances.____________