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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

Answer: 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

Answer: Palato__alveolar
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63 /f/and /v/ are______________?
A Dental
B Labio__dental
C Bilabial
D Alveolar

Answer: Labio__dental
64 ______________are sounds articulated in the glottis ?
A Glottal
B Velar
C Palatal
D None of the above

Answer: Glottal
65 __________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
A Post__alveolar
B Palate__alveolar
C Palatal
D Velar

Answer: Palatal
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

Answer: Dental
67 Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
A Dental
B Bilabial
C Labio__dental
D Alveolar

Answer: Bilabial
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

Answer: Syllable
69 ______________are words which differ only in one phoneme ?
A Diphthongs
B Triphthongs
C Semi__vowels
D Minimal pairs

Answer: Minimal pairs
70 ____________is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak vowel?
A Triaphthong
B Triaphone
C Triphthong
D Triology

Answer: Triphthong
71 The study of meaning is called________?
A Phonology
B Morphology
C Syntax
D Semantics

Answer: Semantics
72 ______________is the scientific study of language ?
A Philology
B Phonology
C Phonetics
D linguistics

Answer: linguistics
73 Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeia ?
A Smog
B UNESCO
C Buzz
D edit

Answer: Buzz
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

Answer: Re__duplicates
75 Words such as ‘phone’ and ‘photo’ are instances of ____________?
A Compounding
B Portmanteau
C Derivation
D Clipping

Answer: Clipping
76 Words such as ‘black__leg’ and ‘flash__light’ are instances of ____________?
A Compounding
B Portmanteau
C Derivation
D Backformation

Answer: Compounding

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