Sultan Moulay Slimane University

Faculty of literature and human

sciences Beni Mellal
Department of English Studies

Final Exam: Introduction to Linguistics

Prof: Tounsi

Name : ………………………………… Number …………………………………………

Time duration : 1h30min

1- State whether the place of articulation is the same (s) or different (d) in the initial consonants
of each pair. In either case state the place of articulation.

e.g: now – pneumonia S; alveolar

a - goose – gerrymander …………………………………………

b - simple – shackle …………………………………………
c - phonetic – functional …………………………………………
d - manners – wicked …………………………………………

2- State whether the manner of articulation is the same (s) or different (d) in the final
consonants of each pair. In either case, state the manner of articulation.
e.g: rough – zip D; fricative vs, stop

a - album – broken …………………………………………

b - ideal – keepsake …………………………………………
c - prologue – confine ………………………………………...
d - aqueous – sociable ………………………………………...

3- Examine the distribution [s] and [ʃ] in the speech of Tom, aged four years, a child with
phonological disorder, and determine whether their distribution is complementary or
contrastive. State your evidence.

Sail [ʃel] Grass [gra:s] Pushy [puʃ.i] Seek [ʃik]

Save [ʃev] Ship [ʃip] Sam [ʃæm] Gas [gæs]
Fasten [fa:sən] Irish [aiə.ris] Crash [kræs] Fashion [fa:ʃn]

4- From the following list of words, underline four words with inflectional
morphology.

Elements Feature Morphology Thought

Gain Example Persians Within
Linked Indo-European Got Ordering

5- Give the tree diagram of the sentence below (Please, use the back of this paper for
this purpose)

It is not necessary to be strong to feel strong