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How many stressed are generally marked


A) only one
B) two
C) three
D) four

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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--------are also called secondary phonemes


A) suprasegmentals
B) morphemes
C) allomorphs
D) allophones

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed?


A) only one
B) two
C) innumerable
D) none of the above

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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------refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech.


A) stress
B) pitch
C) intonation
D) juncture.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The present-tense form of the verb 'read' and its past-tense which is pronounced as 'red' is an example of-----


A) allophones
B) homophones
C) homographs
D) homonyms

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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-------is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttered.


A) stress
B) pitch
C) intonation
D) juncture

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The final /m/ in the word 'Prism' is an instance of ------


A) syllabic consonants
B) sibilants
C) suffixes
D) none of the above

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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The final /l/ in the words 'bottle', 'cattle' and 'little' are examples of ----


A) syllabic consonants
B) sibilants
C) suffixes
D) none of the above

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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----------are also called prosodic features.


A) suprasegmentals
B) morphemes
C) allomorphs
D) allophones

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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---------is the accent on certain words within the a sentence


A) semantics
B) syntax
C) sentence-stress
D) none of the above

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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--------refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences.


A) intonation
B) stress
C) pitch
D) juncture.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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A

The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words 'cats', 'dogs' and 'boxes' are instances of -------


A) allophones
B) allomorphs
C) minimal pairs
D) none of the above

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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/m/ is a -------consonant


A) bilabial
B) bilabial-nasal
C) velar
D) glottal

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called----


A) syllabic consonants
B) sibilants
C) suffixes
D) none of the above

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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The form 'dog' is a -----morpheme.


A) a free morpheme
B) free variation
C) bound morpheme
D) none of these

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The term--------refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech


A) alliteration
B) assonance
C) elision
D) none of the above

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Morpheme alternants are called----


A) allophones
B) allomorphs
C) minimal pairs
D) none of the above

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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IPA stands for-----


A) inter national phonetic alphabet
B) international phonetic association
C) both 'a' & 'b'
D) neither 'a' nor 'b'

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called-----


A) syllable
B) phoneme
C) morpheme
D) allomorph

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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-------is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language


A) phonology
B) morphology
C) semantics
D) syntax

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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