EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Oppgaver Oppgavetype Vurdering 1 EN-122 01/12-2015 Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 2 Not a phoneme of RP? Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 3 T/F Phonemes Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 4 Wordstress correlates Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 5 T/F Fixed stress Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 6 T/F Allophones Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 7 Full description /ð/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 8 Full description /h/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 9 full description /w/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 10 Full description /ŋ/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 11 full description /ʃ/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 12 Full description /v/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 13 Full description /p/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 14 Full description /j/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 15 Transcription vowels: anchor Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 16 Transcription vowels: boxing Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 17 Find word with long open-mid back rounded V Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 18 Find word with short open central V Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 19 Find word with closed back rounded V Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 20 Find word with diphthong 1 Flervalg Automatisk poengsum EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Starttidspunkt: 01.12.2015 09:00 Sluttidspunkt: 01.12.2015 12:00 PDF opprettet 28.01.2016 12:22 Opprettet av Kristina Andersen Antall sider 30 1
Oppgaver Oppgavetype Vurdering 21 Find word with diphthong 2 Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 22 Transcription Vowels /ʃ/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 23 Transcription vowels: /ə/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 24 Transcription vowels: /ʃə/ Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 25 Syllabification answer Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 26 Syllabification - splendidly(3) Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 27 Syllabification - exercise Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 28 Syllabification - Seattle Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 29 Syllabification - activation Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 30 Syllabification - recording Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 31 T/F: RPvsAE - round vowels Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 32 T/F: RPvs.EN: consonant inven Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 33 T/F: RPvsEN - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"v\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" as /w/ Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 34 RPvsEN: RTR Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 35 RPvsEN: voicing Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 36 RPvsAE: /l/ Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 37 RPvsAE: consonants Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 38 RPvsAE: vowels Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 39 RPvsAE: rhoticity Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 40 RPvsAE: Rhoticity2 Sant/Usant Automatisk poengsum 41 Intonation - WH Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 42 Intonation - command Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 43 Intonation - parts of TU Flervalg Automatisk poengsum 44 Intonation - yes-no question Flervalg Automatisk poengsum EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Starttidspunkt: 01.12.2015 09:00 Sluttidspunkt: 01.12.2015 12:00 PDF opprettet 28.01.2016 12:22 Opprettet av Kristina Andersen Antall sider 30 2
Oppgaver Oppgavetype Vurdering 45 Intonation-tag Flervalg Automatisk poengsum EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Starttidspunkt: 01.12.2015 09:00 Sluttidspunkt: 01.12.2015 12:00 PDF opprettet 28.01.2016 12:22 Opprettet av Kristina Andersen Antall sider 30 3
Part 1 General 1 OPPGAVE EN-122 01/12-2015 Course code: EN-122 Course name: English Phonetics & Pronunciation Date: 01.12.2015 Duration: 3 hours Resources allowed: None Notes: The exam has 45 question sets. Please read the instructions carefully for each question. Good luck! ----------------------------- Sometimes professors ask for exam answers that can be used for teaching purposes, but in order for this to take place, the university needs your consent. Do you grant the University of Agder permission to use your exam answer for teaching purposes? Yes No 2 OPPGAVE Not a phoneme of RP? Which one of these phoneme is NOT a phoneme of English? / j / / ŋ / / ʃ / / dʃ / They are all phonemes of English EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 4 av 30
3 OPPGAVE T/F Phonemes /h/ and /ŋ/ are phonemes of English and not allophones, because although they never are found in the same environment, /h/ is only found in syllable onsets and /ŋ/ in syllable-final position, they are too different to be considered allophones. Is this statement true or false? True False 4 OPPGAVE Wordstress correlates Word stress: the most prominent syllable in a word can be indicated in many ways, which one of the following is not a way in which speakers phonetically express stress by increasing it? loudness pitch height segment length segment voicing 5 OPPGAVE T/F Fixed stress Word stress: English is a fixed-stress language. Is this statement true or false? True False EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 5 av 30
6 OPPGAVE T/F Allophones Allophones can differentiate between words. These words are referred to as minimal pairs. Is this statement true or false? True False EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 6 av 30
Part 2 Consonants 7 OPPGAVE Full description /ð/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / ð / bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / ð / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal Is / ð / voiced (lenis) or voiceless (fortis) voiced (lenis) voiceless (fortis) EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 7 av 30
8 OPPGAVE Full description /h/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / h / bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / h / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal 9 OPPGAVE full description /w/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / w / EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 8 av 30
bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / w / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal 10 OPPGAVE Full description /ŋ/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / ŋ / bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / ŋ / EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 9 av 30
stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal 11 OPPGAVE full description /ʃ/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / ʃ / bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / ʃ / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal Is / ʃ / voiced (lenis) or voiceless (fortis)? EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 10 av 30
voiced (lenis) voiceless (fortis) 12 OPPGAVE Full description /v/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / v / bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / v / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal Is / v / voiced (lenis) or voiceless (fortis)? voiced (lenis) voiceless (fortis) EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 11 av 30
13 OPPGAVE Full description /p/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / p / bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / p / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal Is / p / voiced (lenis) or voiceless (fortis) voiced (lenis) voiceless (fortis) 14 OPPGAVE Full description /j/ Please tick the correct place of articulation to describe this phoneme / j / EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 12 av 30
bilabial labio-dental dental alveolar palatoalveolar (post-alveolar) palatal velar labio-velar glottal Please tick the correct manner of articulation for / j / stop (plosive) fricative affricate approximant lateral approximant nasal EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 13 av 30
Part 3: Vowels 15 OPPGAVE Transcription vowels: anchor Which vowel makes up the nucleus of the main stress syllable in the word anchor? / ʃ / (in the book /e/) / æ / / o / / ʃ / None of these vowels 16 OPPGAVE Transcription vowels: boxing Which vowel makes up the nucleus of the main stress syllable in the word boxing spoken in RP? / o / / ʃʃ / / ʃ / / ʃ / None of these vowels 17 OPPGAVE Find word with long open-mid back rounded V Which one of these words contains a long open-mid back rounded vowel in RP? EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 14 av 30
lounge border tone frog None of these words 18 OPPGAVE Find word with short open central V Which one of these words contains a short open central vowel? bald plump bet sock None of these words 19 OPPGAVE Find word with closed back rounded V Which one of these words contains a long closed back rounded vowel in RP? tall crook tease roof None of these words EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 15 av 30
20 OPPGAVE Find word with diphthong 1 Which one of these words contains an open-mid front to close-mid front diphthong? flake stairs ghost town None of these words 21 OPPGAVE Find word with diphthong 2 Which one of these words contains an open central to close-mid back diphthong? hope care sky how None of these words 22 OPPGAVE Transcription Vowels /ʃ/ Please choose the word that does NOT have the phoneme / ʃ / EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 16 av 30
hook bull boot should All of them have the vowel 23 OPPGAVE Transcription vowels: /ə/ Which of the following words has a /ə/ in the main stress syllable when spoken in RP? potato restaurant centre None of these words 24 OPPGAVE Transcription vowels: /ʃə/ Which of the following words has a /ʃə/ in the main stress syllable when spoken in RP? store loop moor stew EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 17 av 30
Part 4 Syllabification & Stress 25 OPPGAVE Syllabification answer Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the nucleus of the final syllable of the word "answer" spoken in RP? / ə / / rʃ/ (syllabic r) / ər / / e / Which phoneme(s) make up the coda of the first syllable of the word "answer" spoken in RP - if any at all? / n / / ns / / nsw / / æns / The first syllable has no coda Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the onset of the second syllable of the word "answer" spoken in RP - if any at all? / nsw / / ns / / s / / sw / The second syllable has no onset Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the coda of the second syllable of the word "answer" spoken in RP - if any? EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 18 av 30
/ ə / / r / / er / Syllable 2 has no phoneme in the coda 26 OPPGAVE Syllabification - splendidly(3) Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the rhyme of the first syllable of the word "splendidly"? / ʃnd / / ʃn / / splʃ / / ʃ / / splʃn / The first syllable of "splendidly" has no rhyme Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the rhyme of the second syllable of the word "splendidly"? / dʃd / / dʃ / / ʃd / / ʃ / The second syllable has no rhyme Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the onset of the final syllable of the word "splendidly"? / dli / / li / / l / / d / The final syllable has no onset EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 19 av 30
27 OPPGAVE Syllabification - exercise Which syllable of the word "exercise" bears main stress? antepenultimate penultimate final syllable Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the onset of the penultimate syllable of the word "exercise" spoken in RP? / ks / / ksə / /s/ / sə / The penultimate syllable does not have an onset Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the rhyme of the penultimate syllable of the word "exercise" spoken in RP? /ʃʃ/ /ʃr/ /ər/ /ə/ There are no phonemes in the rhyme of the penultimate syllable Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the coda of the penultimate syllable of the word "exercise" spoken in RP? / s / / əs / / ər / / ərs / The penultimate syllable has no coda Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the coda of the final syllable of the word "exercise" spoken in RP? EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 20 av 30
/ aʃs / / z / / saʃ / / s / The final syllable has no coda 28 OPPGAVE Syllabification - Seattle Which syllable of the word "Seattle" bears main stress? antepenultimate syllable penultimate syllable final syllable Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the onset of the antepenultimate syllable of the word "Seattle"? / i / / tl / / t/ The penultimate syllable has no onset Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the nucleus of the final syllable of the word "Seattle"? / əl / / ə / / lʃ/ The final syllable has no nucleus EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 21 av 30
29 OPPGAVE Syllabification - activation Which syllable of the word "activation" bears main stress? preantepenultimate syllable antepenultimate syllable penultimate syllable final syllable Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the coda of the preantepenultimate syllable of the word "activation"? / t / / ækt / / k / /kt/ The preantepenultimate syllable has no coda Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the nucleus of the penultimate syllable of the word "activation"? / ə / / eʃ / / a / / eʃʃ / / at / Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the rhyme of the final syllable of the word "activation" / ʃən / / ən / / ʃnʃ / / nʃ / The final syllable has no rhyme EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 22 av 30
30 OPPGAVE Syllabification - recording Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the coda of the penultimate syllable of the word "recording" spoken in American English? / or / / r / / ʃr / / ʃrd/ The penultimate syllable has no coda Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the rhyme of the final syllable of the word "recording"? / ʃŋg / / ʃŋ / / ʃ / / dʃng / The final syllable has no rhyme Which phoneme(s) make(s) up the onset of the final syllable of the word "recording"? / d/ / dʃ / / ʃŋg / /rd/ The final syllable has no onset EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 23 av 30
Part 5 comparison 31 OPPGAVE T/F: RPvsAE - round vowels Native speakers of East Norwegian might have difficulties learning RP pronunciation because RP has many more rounded vowels. Is this statement true or false? True False 32 OPPGAVE T/F: RPvs.EN: consonant inven Native speakers of East Norwegian might have difficulties learning RP pronunciation because RP's consonant inventory has more voiced consonants than East Norwegian has. Is this statement true or false? True False 33 OPPGAVE T/F: RPvsEN - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"v\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" as /w/ Native speakers of East Norwegian might have difficulties pronouncing the first consonant of the word "victory" because East Norwegian does not have the phoneme /w/. EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 24 av 30
Is this statement true or false? True False 34 OPPGAVE RPvsEN: RTR Native speakers of East Norwegian might have difficulties pronouncing some of the English vowels because they are not only short but also RTR. Is this statement true or false? True False 35 OPPGAVE RPvsEN: voicing Native speakers of East Norwegian might have difficulties pronouncing English words correctly because all word-final consonants in Norwegian are voiceless. Is this statement true or false? True False 36 OPPGAVE RPvsAE: /l/ One major difference between RP and American English is that American English does not have an alveolar /l/ - it only has a velar / ʃ /. EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 25 av 30
Is this statement true or false? True False 37 OPPGAVE RPvsAE: consonants One of the main differences in the RP and American English dialects are that their consonant inventories differ so much. Is this statement true or false? True False 38 OPPGAVE RPvsAE: vowels RP has more open vowels than AE. Is this statement true or false? True False 39 OPPGAVE RPvsAE: rhoticity Rhoticity: It appears as if many /r/ consonants were lost in the Atlantic. Because one major difference between the English dialects spoken in Britain and those spoken in North American is rhoticity. British dialects do not pronounce /r/ following a vowel whereas American dialects all do. EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 26 av 30
Is this statement true or false? True False 40 OPPGAVE RPvsAE: Rhoticity2 A non-rhotic dialect such as RP does not pronounce /r/ when it is in the coda of a stressed or unstressed syllable. Is this statement true or false? True False EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 27 av 30
Part 6 Intonation 41 OPPGAVE Intonation - WH What is the neutral form of intonation that a question such as the following typically has when produced by a speaker of RP or American English: "what are you doing here?" rise-fall falling rising fall-rise 42 OPPGAVE Intonation - command What is the neutral form of intonation that a command such as the following typically has when produced by a speaker of RP: "Go home!" rise-fall high fall rising low fall EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 28 av 30
43 OPPGAVE Intonation - parts of TU Tone units can be made up of up to 4 parts. Which of the following is not considered to make up part of tone unit? tail pre-head head nucleus back 44 OPPGAVE Intonation - yes-no question What is the neutral form of intonation that a question such as the following typically has when produced by a speaker of RP or American English: "Is she here? falling rising fall-rise rise-fall 45 OPPGAVE Intonation-tag What is the neutral form of intonation that a question such as the following typically has when produced by a speaker of RP that is expecting the listener to agree: "That's silly, isn't it? EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 29 av 30
rising fall-rise rise-fall falling EN-122 1 Engelsk fonetikk og uttale Page 30 av 30