Phonetics Sample Test          Spring 2014                  Name: …………………………


l. Explain what the  redundancy effect  is.


2a Spell the transcribed expression: [tʊ prəˈfeə]

2b Spell the transcribed expression, tick the correct and cross the incorrect transcription:

     [ənɪksˈtrɔːdɪnriʲəˈkʰʌrəns]   or    [ənɪksˈtrɔːdɪnriʲəˈkʰj ʊrənts]

2c Transcribe the spelt expression: an impressive personality


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2d Transcribe the expression  K. Tomkova will read:

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3 Mark main stresses in the following words:   unknown, well-known, ado, female,

  important, appetite, projectile, to present a present, to rebel against the law,

  photography, photographic, acclimatize, aquamarine, educated, constipated,

  objectivity, apotheosis, inexactitude, administrative, cannibalism, aristocracy,

  inferiority, electrification, meteorological, ceremoniously, indistinguishable,

  intelligibility, unilateralism, industrialization, internationalization, grasshopper,

  fire-extinguisher, easy-going, postgraduate, second-hand, archbishop,

  downstairs, blackcurrant.


4 Give a phonetic description of all the sounds of the word determined. Transcribe the word.

   Do not forget about its main stress. [                                                   ]


Vowels

      diphthongs

                monophthongs


      type of

                horizontal

                position of tongue

                                  The degree of openness

                                  = vertical pos. of tongue

                                                           labialization

                                                           yes - no

                                                                        quantity,

                                                                         reduction


























Consonants


type (real ....)

                place of articulatiom

                                     manner of articulation

                                                           tension, sonority

                                                                            aspiration


                                                                            yes - no

























5 Explain these expressions and give a fitting example in English:
  * phonologically relevant stress
  * articulatory difference between consonants and vowels
  * affricate
  * juncture