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Comenzado el domingo, 2 de noviembre de 2014, 12:25 Completado el domingo, 2 de noviembre de 2014, 13:25 Tiempo empleado 59 minutos 28 segundos 15/15 Puntos 50 de un máximo de 50 (100%) Calificación Question 1 Puntos: 1 How many syllables does the word “Communication” contain? Seleccione una respuesta. a. Four syllables: Commu-ni-cation b. Six syllables: Commu-ni-ca-ti-on c. Three syllables: Communi-cation d. Five syllables: Commu-ni-ca-tion

Correct: the word “Communication” contains five syllables: Co-mmu-ni-ca-tion (/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/)

The word “Communication” contains five syllables: Co-mmu-ni-ca-tion (/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/) Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 2 Puntos: 1 The phonological transcription of the words "bomb", "iamb", and "crumb" are /bɒm/ /aɪǝm/ /krᴧm/, which show the phenomenon called ________________. Seleccione una respuesta. a. tonic syllable b. neutralisation c. assimilation Correct! Elision is the results of the disappearance of a sound. d. elision Elision is the results of the disappearance of a sound. In these cases, the sound /b/ is not pronounced. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 3 Puntos: 1 The word “cough” has: Seleccione una respuesta.

a. onset + nucleus b. nucleus only c. Nucleus + termination d. Onset + nucleus + termination Onset + nucleus + termination Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 4 Puntos: 1

Correct¡

The following are distinctive features of consonants… except Seleccione una respuesta. a. place of articulation b. vocal backness

Correct¡ It is not a distinctive feature of consonants, it belongs to vowels.

c. manner of articulation d. voicing Vocal backness is not a distinctive feature of consonants, it belongs to vowels. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 5 Puntos: 1 The stressed syllable of the last lexical word is called _________________. Seleccione una respuesta. a. assimilated syllable b. weak syllable c. emphasis syllable That's right! d. tonic syllable The stressed syllable of the last lexical word is called tonic syllable. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 6 Puntos: 1 The following transcription corresponds to: [ðǝ bæt ɪᴢ ɒn ðǝ mæt] Seleccione una respuesta. a. the cat is on the mat.

b. the bat is on the hat. c. the cat is on the mat. Correct! This is the right transcription. d. the bat is on the mat. the bat is on the mat, is the correct transcription. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 7 Puntos: 1 The plural form of the nouns "forks" (/fᴐ:ks/) and "spoons" (/spunz/) are evidence of which of the following phonological phenomenon? Seleccione una respuesta. a. Neutralisation

b. Progressive assimilation

That's right! The plural suffix ”-s” is voiceless /s/ when it is preceded by a voiceless consonant and voiced /z/ when preceded by a voiced consonant. This is evidence of progressive assimilation.

c. Regressive assimilation d. Elision The plural suffix ”-s” is voiceless /s/ when it is preceded by a voiceless consonant and voiced /z/ when preceded by a voiced consonant. This is evidence of progressive assimilation. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 8 Puntos: 1 Single words that can be analyzed into two lexical words are called _____________. Seleccione una respuesta. a. compounds

That's right!

b. allophones c. weak forms d. clusters Single words that can be analyzed into two lexical words are called compounds. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 9 Puntos: 1

Which of the following transcriptions show the weak forms of functions words like "have" and "than"? A. /hǝv/ B. /hæv/ C. /ðǝn/ D. /ðæn/ Seleccione una respuesta. a. A and B are the correct answers. b. A and C are the Correct! Options A and C are the correct answers. Function words usually take weak forms with a schwa. correct answers. c. C and D are the correct answers. d. B and D are the correct answers. Options A and C are the correct answers. Function words usually take weak forms with a schwa. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 10 Puntos: 1 How is called the result of the disappearance of a sound? Seleccione una respuesta. a. Neutralisation b. Assimilation c. Aspiration That's right! d. Elision Elision is the results of the disappearance of a sound. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 11 Puntos: 1 How many syllables does the word “Achievement” contain? Seleccione una respuesta. a. Three syllables: Achieve-ment b. Two syllables: Achieve-ment

Correct: the word “Achievement” contains three syllables: A-chieve-ment (/əˈtʃiːvmənt/)

c. Four syllables: A-chieve-ment d. Five syllables: A-chi-eve-ment The word “Achievement” contains three syllables: A-chieve-ment (/əˈtʃiːvmənt/) Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 12 Puntos: 1 A minimal pair can be defined as: Seleccione una respuesta. a. pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in two phonological elements. b. pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in only one Correct¡ phonological element c. pairs of sounds in a particular language, which differ in the manner of articulation. d. pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in only one morphological element. A minimal pair makes reference to pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in only one phonological element. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 13 Puntos: 1 In the polysyllabic word “photographic”, the primary and secondary stress are respectively: Seleccione una respuesta. a. pho - to b. gra - pho

Correct! The primary stress is the syllable ”gra”, and the secondary one is ”pho”.

c. gra - to d. gra - phic The primary stress is the syllable ”gra”, and the secondary one is ”pho”. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 14 Puntos: 1 Which of the following Syllabication Rules is not true? Seleccione una respuesta.

a. When two vowels come together in a word, and are sounded separately, divide the word. E.x. Car-di-ol-o-gy Correct. This syllabication rule is not true: b. When -ture and -tion are at the end When -ture and -tion are at the end of a word, of a word, the word divides them in they make their own syllable: E.x. Ex-po-sitwo syllables: E.x. Ex-po-si-ti-on tion c. The number of vowel sounds in a word equals the number of syllables. E.x. Con-so-nant d. When a vowel is sounded alone in a word, it forms a syllable itself. E.x. Unin-te-rrup-ted D is correct. This syllabication rule is not true: When -ture and -tion are at the end of a word, they make their own syllable: E.x. Ex-po-si-tion Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1. Question 15 Puntos: 1 Which of the following transcriptions of the words "present" and "abstract" correspond to nouns? A. /æbstr'ækt/ B. /'preznt/ C. /prɪ'zent/ D. /'æbstrækt/ Seleccione una respuesta. a. C and D are the correct answers. b. A and C are the correct answers. c. B and D are the correct answers.

That's right! Options B and D are the correct answers. When the stress is on the first syllable, we get a noun. On the second syllable, we get a verb.

d. A and B are the correct answers. Options B and D are the correct answers. When the stress is on the first syllable, we get a noun. On the second syllable, we get a verb. Correcto Puntos para este envío: 1/1