VB2 DE THI Phonetics Phonology 010921

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 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HO CHI MINH CITY Student’s full name: .............................................................
UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Student ID: ...........................................................................
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE Class: ...................................................................................

FINAL EXAMINATION
ENGLISH PHONETICS AND
PHONOLOGY

Time Allotted: 60 minutes Exam Date: , 2021

Approved by Proctor Examiner Total Score

Dept. Chair (CBCT) (100%)
1. 1. Score in figures:

2. 2. Score in words:

Notes: Materials or dictionaries are NOT allowed.

SECTION 1. TERMINOLOGY 15 points (1.5 points/correct answer)

 Choose the appropriate item (A-O) to fill in the blank in each of the expressions.
 There are some items you do not need to use.
 Write your answer (A-O) on the answer sheet.

A. assimilation B. prosodic C. paralinguistic D. elision E. pharynx

G. pre-fortis I. phonetic
F. phonotactics H. larynx J. homorganic
clipping transcription
K. pre-
L. contractions M. semivowels N. rhythm O. suprasegmental
consonantal

D happens when a phoneme is realised as zero, or has zero realisation or is

E.g.
deleted.
is the effect of shortening a preceding vowel.
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/p/, /b/ and /m/ feature the same place of articulation and are all bilabials, so they are
2
.
The study concerned with the possible combinations of phonemes within a language is
3
called .
is a tube, at the top of which it is separated into two parts: one being the back
4 of the oral cavity and the other through the nasal cavity.

refer to words that are severely shortened, most often employed in informal
5 writing style.

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6 phonology includes stress and intonation as its two principal aspects.
/j/ and /w/ are known as because they are phonetically like vowels but
7 phonologically like consonants.

factors with regard to intonation are connected with the use of facial
expressions,
8 gestures, vocal effects or body movements, rather than the use of words.
Theoretically, involves the use of diacritics and the symbols put between
two
square
9 brackets.
is related to some detectable event occuring at regular intervals of time and in
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the regular presence of stressed syllables.

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SECTION 2. Phonetics: VOWELS & CONSONANTS 15 points (1.5 points/correct answer)
 You are provided with a figure.
 Choose from A-D the vowels or consonants which are illustrated by the figure.
 Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

E.g. A. /e/ A. /p/

B. /ʌ/ B. /m/
C. /ə/ C. /w/
D. /ɜː/ D. /ŋ/

1. A. /ɒ/ 6. A. /ʃ/
B. /u:/ B. /t/
C. /ɔː/ C. /z/
D. /ʌ/ D. /r/

2. A. /æ/ 7. A. /s/
B. /e/ B. /n/
C. /ɪ/ C. /l/
D. /i:/ D. /θ/

3. A. /ʌ/ 8. A. /f/
B. /ʊ/ B. /j/
C. /ɒ/ C. /k/
D. /u:/ D. /r/

4. A. /ɔː/ 9. A. /m/
B. /æ/ B. /r/
C. /ɑː/ C. /j/
D. /ɒ/ D. /ʒ/

5. A. /i:/ 10. A. /l/

B. /ɪ/ B. /t/
C. /æ/ C. /r/
D. /ʌ/ D. /ʃ/

SECTION 3. Phonology: SYLLABLE STRUCTURE 15 points

 You are given 5 words. Write their phonemic transcriptions (7.5 points). Then analyze
their syllable structures (7.5 points).
 Write your answers on the answer sheet.
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 SYLLABLE
ONSET RHYME

coda
pre- post-
initial peak
initial initial pre- post- post- post-
final
final final 1 final final 3
2
E.g. bed /bed/ b e d

1 scarp

2 plumed

3
aches

4 frond

5 squeaked

SECTION 4. WORD STRESS 15 points (1.5 points/correct answer)

 Circle the letter that shows correct word stress.
 Write your answers (A-D) on the answer sheet.

E.g. A. Appreciate B. apPREciate C. appreCIate D. appreciATE

1 A. INdicator B. inDIcator C. indiCAtor D. indicaTOR
2 A. ACcidentally B. acCIdentally C. acciDENtally D. accidenTALLy
3 A. RAdiotherapy B. raDIotherapy C. radiOtherapy D. radioTHERapy
4 A. HYpocrisy B. hyPOCrisy C. hypocRIsy D. hypocriSY
5 A. Illuminative B. iLLUminative C. illuMInative D. illuminNAtive

6 A. ENgineering B. enGIneering C. engiNEERing D. engineerING

7 A. FACtualism B. facTUAlism C. factuaLIsm D. factualiSM
8 A. ULtimatum B. ulTImatum C. ultiMAtum D. ultimaTUM
9 A. SUBliminal B. subLIminal C. subliMInal D. sublimiNAL
10 A. MEMorabilia B. memORabilia C. memorAbilia D. memoraBILia

SECTION 5. ASPECTS OF CONNECTED SPEECH 20 points

Transcribe the following phrases showing the phonological processes that are likely to occur (10 points).
Then name the phonological processes (10 points).
E.g. one of them / wʌn͜ ͜ə[v] ðəm / Linking and elision
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 1. as far as it goes

2. and some sandwiches on the table

3. things couldn’t have been any better

4. cry over spilt milk

SECTION 6. Phonology: INTONATION 20 points (2 points/correct answer)

 In English, there are 5 basic tones:
A. Fall B. Rise C. Fall-Rise D. Rise-Fall E. Level
 Study the following situations carefully and decide the appropriate tone for the
highlighted word.
 Choose the appropriate tone (A-E) for each of the following situation. The emotion/attitude
to be expressed is indicated between two asterisks *...*

E.g. A When does the meeting start?

A: I just saw Helena in town today.
1
B: Did you? *encouraging*
She has ever been there before … mm… It’s just some place I’m not quite sure
2
of. … *thinking about what to say next*

3 I was wondering if you could help me. *polite*

A: This little toy frog is for you, Diane.

4
B: Lovely *surprised*
A: I guess Don’s the best candidate of all in this contest.
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B: Yes. *skeptical, reserved”
6 Just another day has passed and I’ve got nothing to do. “bored”
7 He was odd, you know? *checking that the information has been understood*
Someone’s knocking on the door, and you’re not going to answer it, are you?
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*certain*
9 What an awful pain we have. *disapproved*
10 The meeting isn’t this Tuesday; it’s next Tuesday. *emphatic*

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