Linguistics Questions
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Which frequency band represents frequencies between 3-30MHz?
What is the correct way of transmitting 11,000 ft altitude?
4.1 Q0025 : What is the priority indicator for a meteorological message?
Results identified two clusters of behaviour, what were these?
Who identified four characteristics of transformational leaders?
What did the pilot study participants evaluate the different versions of the narrative as?
Identify the manner of articulation of the initial sounds in the following words (stop, fricative, etc.).(a) cheery(b) crazy(c) dizzy(d) funny(e) happy(f) jolly(g) loony(h) merry(i) silly
Which of the following words would be treated as minimal pairs? ban, fat, pit, bell, tape, heat, meal, more, pat,pen, chain, vote, bet, far, bun, goat, heel, sane, tale
Using symbols introduced in this chapter, write a basic phonetics transcription of the most common pronunciation of the following words.(a) bake (b) doubt(c) gem(d) noise(e) phone(f) shy(g) these(h) thought(i) wring
Which written English words are usually pronounced as they are transcribed here?(a) bæk (b) bo:t (c) fes (d) hau (e) hopin (f) hu (g) klok (h) tsip (i) da
Which segments in the pronunciation of the following words are most likely to be affected by elision? (a) government (b) postman (c) pumpkin (d) sandwich
The manner of articulation of the initial segments in the following words: 'dɪzɪ' 'dʒɒlɪ' 'sɪlɪ' are:
Allophones are consistent variants of a phoneme category. e,g, /t/: [t] (word....) or [th] (word...) positions.
Try to pronounce the initial sounds of the following words and identify the place of articulation of each one (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, etc).(a) belly(b) calf(c) chin(d) foot(e) hand(f) knee(g) mouth(h) thigh(i) toe
An... syllable ends with a... (aas nucleus) whereas a... syllable ends with a consonant (as....).
...consonants are involved in slips of the tongue...... consonants are not, e.g. pat the cake à(is pronounced by mistake as) cat he cake.
Which transcription of the following English words: bake, noise, these, is correct?
Which of the following words normally end with voiceless (-V) sounds:a)bang b)crash c)smack d)splat e)thud f)wham
...test, e.g. sit vs seat is used to determine whether two speech sounds belong to the same or perhaps a different phoneme category.
Which of the following words normally end with voiceless (-V) sounds and which end with voiced (+V) sounds?(a) bang (b) crash (c) smack(d) splat (e) thud (f) wham