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Where is the semantic centre of an utterance in normal speech located on?

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a. First content word

b. Any content word

c. Last content word

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Which of the accents of English is American based pronunciation standard?

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a. Hong-Kong English

b. Australian English

c. Canadian English

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Which of the accents of English is New English based pronunciation standard?

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a. Irish English

b. South African English

c. Australian English

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A stress on the vowel in the penultimate syllable which is not typically stressed in RP is called:

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a. Primary

b. Tertiary

c. Secondary

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Which of the following organs of speech does not belong to the roof of the mouth?

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a. The alveoli

b. The windpipe

c. The uvula

d. The hard palate

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Which of the mentioned below features of a consonant is considered irrelevant?

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a. Occlusive

b. Fortis

c. Aspirated

d. Bilabial

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Modifications of a consonant under the influence of a neighbouring consonant are termed:

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a. Accommodation

b. Assimilation

c. Elision

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Which of the characteristics mentioned bellow is odd to the description of the constrictive consonant?

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a. Fricative

b. Medial sonorant

c. Lateral sonorant

d. Plosive - occlusive

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In this style intellectual and volitional (or desiderative) intonation patterns are concurrently employed. The speaker's purpose here is to direct the listener's attention to the message carried in the semantic component. This style is frequently used, for example, by university lecturers, schoolteachers, or by scientists in formal and informal discussions.

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a. Declamatory style.

b. Familiar (conversational) style.

c. Scientific (academic) style.

d. Informational (formal style).

e. Publicistic style.

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Which is English type of rhythm?

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a. Word-timed rhythm

b. Stress-timed rhythm

c. Syllable-timed rhythm

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How many literary pronunciation accents are there in the USA?

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a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

-Eastern, Southern, Western-General American

d. 4

Балів: 1 The usage of this style is typical of the English of everyday life. It occurs both within a family group and in informal external relationships, namely, in the speech of intimate friends or well-acquainted people. Generally speaking this style, unlike other styles, will allow the occurrence of the entire range of intonation patterns existing in English.

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a. Declamatory style.

b. Familiar (conversational) style.

c. Scientific (academic) style.

d. Informational (formal style).

e. Publicistic style.

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It is considered to be the main variant of literary pronunciation in Great Britain. Its advantages are that it is easily understood in every part where English is spoken and it is understood more than any other variant. It is mostly heard in everyday speech of educated people, at English theatres and on the radio.

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a. Northern English

b. Scottish English

c. Southern English

Балів: 1 This style is characterized by predominance of volitional (or desiderative) intonation patterns against the background of intellectual and emotional ones. The general aim of this intonation style is to exert influence on the listener, to convince him that the speaker's interpretation is the only correct one and to cause him to accept the point of view expressed in the speech.

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a. Declamatory style.

b. Publicistic style.

c. Familiar (conversational) style.

d. Informational (formal style).

e. Scientific (academic) style.

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Which of the following organs of speech does not belong to the group of passive organs of speech?

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a. The alveoli

b. The hard palate

c. The uvula

d. The teeth

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The point of this theory of syllabic structure of the word is that in most languages there is a syllabic phoneme in the centre of the syllable, which is usually a vowel phoneme or, in some languages, a sonorant. The phonemes preceding or following the syllable peak are called marginal. The energy, which is the tension of articulation, increases within the

range of prevocalic consonants and then decreases within the range of postvocalic consonants. Therefore, the syllable can be defined as an arc of articulatory tension.

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a. Muscular tension theory

b. Sonority theory

c. Loudness theory

d. Expiratory theory;

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What is the term for the type of transcriptioon that is used in studying English as a speciality?

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a. Allophonic

b. Phonetic

c. Phonemic

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Which is the most common type of syllable in English?

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a. Vc

b. Cvc

c. Cv

d. V

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Which of the head patterns is used for normal speech?

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a. descending sliding

b. descending stepping

c. descending scandant

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The number of the rhythmic groups depends on:

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a. The number of stressed syllables

b. The number of intonation groups

c. The number of words

d. The number of unstressed syllables

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Which of the types serves as the base for General American pronunciation?

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a. the Western type

b. the Eastern type

c. the Southern type

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English word stress is of a complex nature. It is:

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a. Dynamic, qualitative, quantitative

b. Dynamic, quantitative, qualitative

c. Dynamic, musical, qualitative

d. Quantitative, qualitative, dynamic

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Балів: 1 This branch of phonetics is concerned with the study of sound as a result of the activities of speech organs. It deals with our voice-production mechanism, and the way we produce sounds, and prosodic phenomena. It studies respiration, phonation (voice-production), articulation and the mental processes necessary for the mastery of a phonetic system.

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a. General

b. Articulatory

c. Special

d. Auditory

e. Acoustic

24 Балів: 1 Arrange the following sounds according to the degree of sonority, from the most sonor to the least sonor. Vowels 1

voiced consonants 3

voiceless consonants 4

Sonorants 2

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In this style the emotional role of intonation increases, thereby intonation patterns used for intellectual, volitional and emotional purposes have an equal share. Pauses may be different in length but long pauses are more common. This style is generally acquired by special training and it is used, for instance, in stage speech, classroom recitation, and verse speaking or in reading aloud fiction.

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a. Informational (formal style).

b. Familiar (conversational) style.

c. Publicistic style.

d. Declamatory style.

e. Scientific (academic) style.

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Which of the accents of English is English based pronunciation standard?

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a. American English

b. New Zealand English

c. Indian English

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Which of the following consonants is not syllabic?

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a. M

b. N

c. S

d. L

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This style is characterised by the predominant use of intellectual intonation patterns. The characteristic feature of this style is the use of normal or slow speed of utterance and regular rhythm. It occurs in formal discourse where the task set by the sender of the message is to communicate information without giving it any emotional or volitional evaluation.

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a. Scientific (academic) style.

b. Informational (formal style).

c. Familiar (conversational) style.

d. Declamatory style.

e. Publicistic style.

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The unit of spoken message larger than a single sound and smaller than a word is called:

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a. A sentence

b. A syllable

c. A passage

d. A phoneme

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What is the prosodic nucleus of rhythmic group?

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a. Enclitic

b. Proclitic

c. unstressed syllable

d. stressed syllable

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Choose the right order of the rhythmical organization of English prose.

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a. A rhythmical group – an intonation group – a phrase – a phonopassage

b. A phrase – a phonopassage - an intonation group – a rhythmical group.

c. A phonopassage - a phrase - an intonation group – a rhythmical group.

d. An intonation group - a phonopassage – a rhythmical group - a phrase.

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Which is the place of secondary stress?

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a. Between the primary and tertiary

b. After the primary

c. Before primary

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This part of an intonation group determines the semantic value of the intonation group, and indicates the communicative centre of the intonation group or of the whole sentence.

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a. The tail

b. The head

c. The nucleus

d. The pre-head

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Is there a World Standard English, a uniform, regional, neutral, and prestigious variety at the international level?

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a. Yes

b. No