The study of the phonic medium of language is defined as A A phonology B phoneme C phonetics D phone __C____ studies how a speaker uses hi speech organs to articulate the A Acoustic phonetics B Articulatory phonetics C Auditory phonetics D phonetics ____A_ studies how the sounds are perceived by the A Acoustics phonetics B Auditory phonetics C Articulatory phonetics D Phonetics Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sound called_____C___ A voiceless B plosive C voicing D nasals The greatest source of modification of the air stream is found in the___D___ A oral cavity B lung C pharyngeal cavity D nasal cavity Among the following， the__B____ isn’t the organ located in the oral Asoft palate B teeth ridge C uvula D glottis Obstruction between the back of the tongue and the velar area results in the pronunciation of___B____ A [f] and [v] B [p] and [b] C [t] and [d] D [k] and [g] Obstruction between the lips creates the sound___D___ A [f] and [v] B [t] and [d] C [p] and [b] D [k] and [g] As for the orthographic representation of speech sounds， transcription with letter-symbols only is called___A__ A broad transcription B diacritics C orthography D narrow transcription Classification of English speech sounds in terms of manner of articulation involves the following EXCEPT____C_ A fricatives B lateral C affricates D bilabial Classification of English speech sounds in terms of place of articulation involves the following EXCEPT____C__ A glottal B palatal C nasals D alveolar Which of the following isn’t the plosives in English? CA [t] B [g] C [f] D [b] Which of the following isn’t the fricatives in English? CA[v] B[z] C[ts] D[s] [d3] is a (an) __A____ A plosive B fricative C alveolar D affricate The only glottal sound in English is C A [l] B [h] C [r] D [j] Vowels may be classified according to the following factors EXCEPT ___B__ A position of tongue in mouth B shape of the lips C the openness of the mouth D place of articulation Which of the following is the front vowel? DA [i:] B [u:] C [ə] D[A] The following vowels are back vowels EXCEPT___B__ A [u] B [α] C [u:] D [α:]
