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The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past__tense of the verb ‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’ ‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for________________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association?
A. The international phonetic script
B. The international phonetic alphabet
C. The international phonemic script
D. The intelligible phonetic script.
______________________ is the device used in modern linguistics for grouping together words and phrases so as to remove ambiguity of construction?
A. Transformational Generative grammar
B. The phrase structure Grammar
C. Immediate Constituent Analysis
D. All the abovE.
The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples for__________?
A. Palato__alveolar
B. Palatal
C. Velar
D. Bilabial
The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in ____________?
A. Chomsky’s “Syntactic Structures”
B. Chomsky’s “Aspects of the theory of Syntax”
C. Leonard Bloomfield’s “Language”
D. Both “a’ & “b”
The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on ________________?
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.
The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un__aspirated /k/ in the word ‘sky’ does not alter the meaning of the worD. It is an instance of ______________ ?
A. Complementary distribution
B. Contrastive distribution
C. Non__complementary distribution
D. None of the above
____________________are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another ?
A. Diphthongs
B. Triphthongs
C. Semi__vowels
D. Minimal pairs
________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate?
A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
____________articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate ?
A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
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