Phonetics Sample Test 2022-2023 PDF

Phonetics Sample Test ENDT 52,5 points, 66% = pass = 34,5 points (18 errors) Name: Group: 1. Replace the following definitions by a word or phras...

Phonetics Sample Test ENDT 52,5 points, 66% = pass = 34,5 points (18 errors) Name: Group: 1. Replace the following definitions by a word or phrase: (3/5 points) a) Sonorants in the production of which the air escapes through the nose; ___________________ b) Shortening the Voiced Portion before a fortis consonant; ___________________ c) Words with different meanings but identical pronunciations; ___________________ 2. Are the following pairs homophones in RP? (1,5/3 points) a) ‘bet’ and ‘bed’ Y/N b) ‘full’ and ‘fool’ Y/N c) ‘won’ and ‘one’ Y/N 3. Say for each of the following words whether its vowel is (2/4 points) (A) lax/phonemically short and allophonically short (B) lax/phonemically short and allophonically long (C) tense/phonemically long and allophonically short (D) tense/phonemically long and allophonically long a. case ___ b. good ___ c. move ___ d. put ___ 4. Say for each of the following voiced portions whether they are (a) allophonically short or (b) allophonically long: (2/3 points) a. since ___ b. felt ___ c. longed ___ d. beams ___ 5. Indicate the state of the glottis for the following sounds: (4/5 points) / b/ /e/ /h / /k/ / u: / /t/ /j/ /i/ Open glottis Narrowed glottis Vibrating glottis Closed glottis 6. Answer either question A or B: (3/5 points) A) Give the appropriate three-term labels: / e /, / O: /, / & /. OR B) Put the relevant vowels in the accompanying vowel diagram / e / ______________ _______________ _______________ / O; / ______________ _______________ _______________ / & /______________ _______________ _______________ 7. What phoneme do all the following words have in common: (1/1 point) ‘moon, move, rude’ have the phoneme /____/ in common. 8. Look at the picture and give the correct term. (2/4 points) (10) ___________________________ (14) ___________________________ 9. Give the three term labels of the following consonants: (3/5 points) /s/ /j/ /t/ 10. Give the phonemic symbols corresponding to the following labels. (3/5 points) a) (lenis) post-alveolar approximant /___/ b) fortis labio-dental fricative /___/ c) lenis velar plosive /___/ 11. Indicate for each word in bold whether a strong or a weak form is used and fill in the correct transcription. Account for your answer. (2/5 points) a) I want to buy the / / house. SF / WF ___________________ b) Who / / is that girl with the red top? SF / WF ___________________ 12. Rewrite the following passage in orthographic notation. Don’t forget to use correct punctuation. (5/5 points) 'If De@r @d bIn @ k@m'pju:t@r In 'eItI:n 'sevnti 'tu: | nd 'If It @d bIn 't3:nd 'Qn baI sVm *vIk'tO:rI@n I'kQl@dZi fri:k | It w@d @v prI'dIktId D@t wIDIn 'wVn hVndr@d 'jI@z De@ w@d bi 's@U meni 'hO:s drO:n 'vi:IkLz 'klQgIN D@ 'w3:Ldz 'hO:sweIz D@t D@ 's3:fIs @v D@ 'gl@Ub w@d bi 'sIks fi:t 'di:p In 'hO:s m@n'jU@ || 13. Transcribe the following sentences. Do not forget to use weak forms! (18/18 points) a) She entered quietly and closed the door. b) Henry refused the crown twice. c) What else has happened since August? d) Pete got value for his money with that van.  e) He wanted the money right there and then. f) That thought hadn’t occurred to Casey. 13. Give an example (using transcription and diacritics) of: (3/3 points) (1) dark / l / /............................................./ (2) linking / r / /............................................./ (3) dentalisation /............................................./