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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO Name:

FACULTAD DE FILOSOFA Y LETRAS
DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLS

ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY I

MOCK MID-TERM EXAM (1st Term)

I. SAY WHETHER THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE. CORRECT THOSE
STATEMENTS THAT ARE FALSE. (30 pts.)

1. Phonology studies the production, transmission and perception of speech sounds.

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2..... The vocal folds are located in the pharynx.
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3. When the soft palate is lowered, the air can escape through the nose.

4. Vowel sounds are marginal elements in the syllable.

5. Vowel sounds are produced with a stricture of open approximation.

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6. Lax vowels have no restricted occurrence.

7. In general terms English diphthongs are always rising.

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8. The tongue is an active articulator.
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9. The difference between /k / and /g/ is in the position of the vocal cords.
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10.Vowel and consonant alternation are processes that occur in words of Latin origin.
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II. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM: ( 5 pts.)

III. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. ALL THE EXAMPLES YOU PROVIDE MUST
BE IN ORDINARY SPELLING FOLLOWED BY THEIR CORRESPONDING PHONOLOGICAL
TRANSCRIPTION.

1. Identify the voiced and voiceless consonants in Isnt she cute! (10 pts.)
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1.1. Describe the position the vocal cords assume in their production.

2. The realization of the vowel in sigh, side and sight is different. (15 pts.)
2.1. Mention the phonological process
2.2. Describe it in detail and provide a further example.

3. The English and Spanish vowel systems are very different. Mention at least 5 ways in which they
differ. (5pts.)

4. Read the features of the following vowels carefully and identify the phonemes. (8 pts.)

a) It is at the half-close position; it is front, short and lax.

b) It is closing, back, falling and narrow.
c) It is below the half-open position; it is central, short and lax. .
d) It is closing, front, falling and narrow. .
e) It is between the half-open and open position; it is back, short and lax.
f) It is centring, falling and narrow and it is rising in weak syllables..
g) It is at the close position; it is back, long and tense..
h) It is closing, back, falling and wide

4.1. Place the phonemes you have identified in the vowel chart. (4 pts.)

4.2. Of the 8 phonemes you have placed in the chart, identify those that have restricted occurrence and
provide their phonological features. (5 pts.)

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5. Provide 2 (two) examples in context of each of the following: (18 pts.)

a) Established progressive assimilation of voice.
b) Established regressive assimilation of voice.
c) Adjectives ending in ed that are realized by means of assimilation.
d) Adjectives ending in ed that are not realized by means of assimilation.
e) Preterite morphemes that are not realized by means of assimilation
f) Plural morphemes that are not realized by means of assimilation.