Choose the odd variant.

1.There are the following branches of phonetics:

a)general;

b)special;

c)biological;

d)acoustic.

2.There are the following aspects of speech sounds:

a)articulatory;

b)segmental;

c)acoustic;

d)functional.

3.Phonetics is connected with lexicology through:

a)sound alternation;

b)alliteration;

c)accent;

d)onomatopoeia.

4.Articulatory phonetics is connected with:

a)anatomy;

b)physiology;

c)technical sciences;

d)chemistry.

Match the branches of phonetics with their subject matter.

Descriptive phonetics	is concerned with linguistically relevant properties of phonetic units
Historical phonetics	investigates the correlation between the phonetic systems of several languages
General phonetics	describes and classifies the speech sounds in connection with the organs of speech by which they are produced
Comparative phonetics	traces the successive changes in the phonetic system of a given language at different stages of its development
Articulatory phonetics	studies the ways in which phonetic structures change in response to different social functions
Acoustic phonetics	investigates the hearing process caused by brain activity
Auditory phonetics	studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener’s ear
Functional phonetics	deals with all the sound-producing possibilities of the human organs of speech and the ways they are used for purposes of human communication
Sociophonetics	is concerned with the phonetic system of a particular language at a particular period

Agree or disagree with the statements and correct the false ones.

1.General and special phonetics are closely connected.

2.The Spanish linguist Bonet stated phonetic symbols for sounds of many existing languages.

3.The acoustic theory of vowels was introduced by the German linguist Kratzenstein.

4.Phonology is an independent linguistic science.

5.Special phonetics is based on the material which the general phonetics of a great number of languages provides.

6.A combination of sounds which imitate noises produced in nature, by things, people and animals is called alliteration.

7.Every sound sequence produced by a human vocal apparatus is regarded as speech.

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