GA vowels and diphthongs – Cristina González angós 2014

1. In many varieties of GA the vowel /æ/ is

a. closer and back
b. a bit opener and retracted
c. lengthened and moved upwards
d. slightly diphthongized
2. In GA it is a rhotacised vowel of a half-close central to back type, with slight lip-rounded.
a. æ b. ɜ c. ɛ d. ə

3. In GA, the vowel /ɑ/ is becoming quite front, closer to the original position of
a. æ b. ɐ c. ɜ d. ʌ

4. In GA the vowel /ɔ/ is

a. shorter, more open and more rounded
b. lengthened and moved upwards
c. less open, towards a mid central vowel
d. shorter, more open and less rounded

5. In GA, the vowel /ʌ/ tends to be

a. opener, towards a mid central vowel /ɛ/

b. less open, towards a mid central vowel /ɜ/

c. opener, towards a mid central vowel /ɜ/

d. less open, towards a front vowel /æ/

6. In GA, there is a fronting in the first element of the diphthong
a. aɪ b. aʊ c. eɪ d. oʊ

7. In GA, the diphthong /eɪ/ tends to be

a. opener than in RP
b. more back than in RP
c. closer than in RP
d. the first element more retracted than in RP

8. In GA, the starting point of the diphthong /oʊ/ is generally

a. more front and rounded
b. more back and unrounded
c. more open and rounded
d. more back and rounded