Ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic uzbekistan state world languages university

Test yourself on Typology of phonetic and phonological level of 
English and Native Languages 
 
1.
The smallest unit of sound distinguishing meaning is called a ... 
a)
phone 
b)
morpheme 
c)
phoneme 
d)
allophone 
2.
A fricative and an affricate differ in ... 
a)
pressure phase and friction phase 
b)
Nothing 
c)
place of articulation 
d)
the manner of articulation 
3.
A voiced and a voiceless sound differ in ... 
a)
There is no difference 
b)
the direction of the air stream 
c)
aspiration 
d)
vocal chord action 
4.
In which of these words is the vowel the shortest? 
a)
bean 
b)
bead
c)
bee 
d)
beat 

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5.
… which is mainly concerned with the functioning of phonetic units in the 
language. 
a)
segmental phonetics; 
b)
practical phonetics; 
c)
suprasegmental phonetics; 
d)
theoretical phonetics. 
6.
The branch of phonetics that studies the linguistic function of consonant and 
vowel sounds, syllable structure, word accent and prosodic features, such as 
pitch, stress and tempo is called … 
a)
phonology; 
b)
instrumental phonetics; 
c)
practical phonetics; 
d)
theoretical phonetics; 
7.
… studies the larger units of connected speech syllables, words, phrases, texts. 
a)
segmental phonetics; 
b)
theoretical phonetics; 
c)
practical phonetics; 
d)
suprasegmental phonetics. 
8.
How many vowels are there in the English, Russian and Uzbek languages? 
a)
20, 6, 6 
b)
18, 6, 10 
c)
19, 6, 6 
d)
24, 10, 6 
9.
What language classifies vowels into short and long according to the 
length
a)
Russian 
b)
English 
c)
Uzbek 
d)
Polish 
10.
According to the palatalization of the tongue, what language has