EE Pronunciation Varieties MOCK TEST                                   November 26, 2012

A/10pts/1a The author of Accents of English, 1982: …………………………………………………………….

1b The author of Accents and Dialects for Stage and Screen, 2010: ………………………………………

2 Match phonetic terms and their definitions:  A=      , B=       , C=       , D=       , E=
, F=       .

A assimilation, B palatalization, C approximant, D glottis, E dialect, F devoicing.

a)      A consonant in which the vocal tract is narrowed, but not enough to cause turbulent air
flow.

b)      The occurrence of a normally voiced consonant losing some or all of its voicing as happens
in Dutch and German to final voiced consonants.

c)      The fusion of two consonants into one.

d)      A regional variant of a language distinguished by pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar
from the standard form.

e)      The space between the vocal folds.

f)       The active upper position of tongue blade as occurs while pronouncing the semi-vowel /j/.

3 Transcribe the modern (innovated) EE pronunciations of the terms

endure………………………….. society ………………………………. pasta and pizza …………………………………

4 Which English linguist propagates the inclusion of innovations into official transcriptions of
RP? Who is his follower at this department?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5 Which English county’s inhabitants are believed to follow the motto Ear all, see all, say nowt;
Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt; And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt Allus do it fer thissen ? Transcribe
the word sup in this accent’s pronunciation.

………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6 Which accent in England has a Celtic substratum and gives a sing-song impression? ………….

7 Which is the only accent of English where schwa can be stressed? ……………………………………..

8 Which overseas accent sounds a lot like Australian but, rather than  the long Aus. front /a:/,
it uses long back /A:/? ………………………………………………………….

9 Urban accent which makes no diference between the long schwa /Î:/ and the diphthong /e«/?
……………………………………………………..

10 Which accent in England resembles Scottish because of its frequent monophthongizations but
non-rhotic? ……………………………………….

 B/10pts/Match the origins of speakers with the numbers of their recordings reading “Please call
Stella“.

A …
               1 Birmingham

B …
               2 Leicester

C …
               3 Glasgow

D …
               4 Strabane, NI

E …
                5 Kilkenny, Eire


C/30pts/

1  A politician speaking about Iraq. His accent: …………………………………………………………………..

2  Another politician, from another country, speaking about the invasion to Iraq as well.