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61
The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?
[A]
Supra__segmental phonemes
[B]
Secondary phonemes
[C]
Prosodic features
[D]
All the above
62
The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples for__________?
[A]
Palato__alveolar
[B]
Palatal
[C]
Velar
[D]
Bilabial
63
/f/and /v/ are______________?
[A]
Dental
[B]
Labio__dental
[C]
Bilabial
[D]
Alveolar
64
______________are sounds articulated in the glottis ?
[A]
Glottal
[B]
Velar
[C]
Palatal
[D]
None of the above
65
__________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
[A]
Post__alveolar
[B]
Palate__alveolar
[C]
Palatal
[D]
Velar
66
Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are called___________________?
[A]
Dental
[B]
Labio__dental
[C]
Bilabial
[D]
Alveolar
67
Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
[A]
Dental
[B]
Bilabial
[C]
Labio__dental
[D]
Alveolar
68
________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?
[A]
Syllable
[B]
Stress
[C]
Intonation
[D]
Pitch
69
______________are words which differ only in one phoneme ?
[A]
Diphthongs
[B]
Triphthongs
[C]
Semi__vowels
[D]
Minimal pairs
70
____________is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak vowel?
[A]
Triaphthong
[B]
Triaphone
[C]
Triphthong
[D]
Triology
71
The study of meaning is called________?
[A]
Phonology
[B]
Morphology
[C]
Syntax
[D]
Semantics
72
______________is the scientific study of language ?
[A]
Philology
[B]
Phonology
[C]
Phonetics
[D]
linguistics
73
Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeia ?
[A]
Smog
[B]
UNESCO
[C]
Buzz
[D]
edit
74
Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightly different are called____________?
[A]
Compounding
[B]
Acronym
[C]
Re__duplicates
[D]
Conversion
75
Words such as ‘phone’ and ‘photo’ are instances of ____________?
[A]
Compounding
[B]
Portmanteau
[C]
Derivation
[D]
Clipping
76
Words such as ‘black__leg’ and ‘flash__light’ are instances of ____________?
[A]
Compounding
[B]
Portmanteau
[C]
Derivation
[D]
Backformation
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