语音学和音位学 练习题

第2章语音学和音位学

Phonetics&Phonology

1.phonetics is the study of_______.

A.all the sounds that occur in the world’s languages

B.sppech sounds used by human languages to represent

C.the differernces between sounds used in human languages and sounds in nature

D.how phonological differences can lead to misunderstanding

2./m, n/ are ____.

A.fricatives

B.dentals

C.glides

D.nasals

3./w, j/ belong to ____.

A.fricatives

B. dentals

C. glides

D. nasals

4.Which of the following vowel is the rounded vowel?

A.[i：]

B.[u：]

C.[i]

D.[a：]

5.In the field of phonology, which of the following does NOT belong to the suprasegmental

features?

A.stress

B.tone

C.intonation

D.syllable

6.Classification of vowels are made up of the followings EXCEPT____.

A.the position of the tongue

B.the openness of the mouth

C.The shape of the lip

D.The width of the vowels

7. A sound which is capable of distinguishing one word or one shape of a word from another in a

given language is a______.

A.phoneme

B.allophone

C.phone

D.allomorph

8./p, t, k / are______.

A.fricatives

B. affricates

C. glides

D.stops

9./kuku:/ is a bird’s call. The name of such a bird is CUCKOO which is an example of ______.

nguage universals

B.onomatopoeia

C.teaching grammars

D.morphs

10.The vowel [u:] in [fu:d] (food) is a____ vowel.

A.back

B.front

C.unrounded

D.central

11.In English, there is only one glottal. It is ____.

A.[f]

B.[r]

C.[h]

D.[v]

12.Which of the following sounds is a voiced bilabial stop?

A.[m]

B.[v]

C.[p]

D.[b]

13.The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are

called the ____ of that phoneme.

A.minimal

B.allomorph

C.phones

D.allophones

14.[i:],[i],[e] are all ____ vowels.

A.front

B.central

C.back

D.high

15.Which of the following is a fricative sound?

A.[m]

B. [p]

C. [w]

D. [v]

16. there are ___ nasals in English.

A .one

B. two

C. three

D. four

17. ___ are not a minimal pair in Engliah.

A” sink” and “zinc” B. “fine” and “vine”

C. “bat” and “pat”

D. “teach” and “cheat”

答案：

1-5 ADCBD 6-10 DADBA 11-15 CDDAD 16-17 CD