Choose the correct variant.

1.Which of the following cases of assimilation is progressive?

a)nasal plosion;

b)labialization;

c)loss of aspiration.

2.The lax element of English diphthongs is called:

a)the tail;

b)the glide;

c)the nucleus.

3.The consonant in the articulation of which the complete closure gradually and uninterruptedly opens into a narrowing is called:

a)occlusive;

b)occlusive-constrictive;

c)constrictive.

4.Length of vowels in English is:

a)phonemic feature;

b)phonetic feature;

c)both phonemic and phonetic feature.

5.All English diphthongs are:

a)falling;

b)rising;

c)level.

6.English vowels are divided into front, front-retracted, back, back-advanced and central:

a)according to the position of the tongue;

b)according to the active organ of speech;

c)according to the character of their end.

7.Nasal consonant is the sonorant articulated:

a)with the blocked passage for the flow of air through the mouth cavity, achieved by lifting the soft palate;

b)with the blocked passage for the flow of air through the mouth cavity, achieved by lowering the soft palate;

c)with the blocked passage for the flow of air through the mouth cavity, achieved by lowering the hard palate.

Group project

“Correlation of different definitions and theories of the phoneme”

UNIT iII

Suprasegmental phonetics

TOPIC 1

The Syllabic Structure of English

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