In January 1889, the name of the Association (fta)(the association to encourage the use of phonetic notation) was changed to…

A)the Intonational phonetic alphabet association

B) International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association

C) L'Association Phonétique des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (AP)

D) L'Association Phonétique Internationale (API)

E) Dhi Fonètik Tîcerz' Asóciécon (the FTA)

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The International Phonetic Alphabet divides its letter symbols into three categories:

A) vowels, consonants,semi-consonants

B) vowels, semi- vowels, consonants

C) plosives, fricatives, affricates

D) pulmonic consonants, non-pulmonic consonants, and vowels

E) fortis ,lenis consonants

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What consonants are non-pulmonic?

A) sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the heart.

B) sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the brain.

C) sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the lungs.

D) sounds whose airflow is dependent on the lungs.

E) they include sibilants,

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What is a pulmonic consonant?

A) sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the heart

B) sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the brain.

C) sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the lungs.

D) a consonant made by obstructing the glottis or oral cavity and either simultaneously or subsequently letting out air from the lungs

E) a sound which is articulated without any obstruction

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Who among researchers in the field of experimental phonetics and psychology of speech named prosody as “grandwork on which intonations and words are embroidered”?

A) V.A.Artemov

B) Ch.Carpenter Fries

C) L.Bloomfield

D) Ferdinand-de-Saussure

E) F.F.Fortunatov

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prosodia from

A) German-an intonation

B) Latin-an accent, a refrain

C) French- a refrain

D) Greek -rhythm

E) English- tempo

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Prosody is a complex of such phonetic supersegment means as …

A) the text, the discourse, the register

B) high-rise, a phrase, superphrase unity,

C) high-rise, power, time, including a pause

D) a syllable, a word, a word-combination,

E) a syntagma, a phrase, superphrase unity, the text

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Choose the correct statement:

A) English people speak more loudly and faster, than Russian people, do fewer pauses, but these pauses are longer.

B) Russian people speak more loudly and faster, than Englishmen, do fewer pauses, but these pauses are longer

C) Russian people speak

D)descending tones in English language begin at lower level, than in Russian, and have liquid form.

E) Russian people are always keen on pronuncing English vowels

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Change of standard patterns of rising or falling intonation also has meaning. Falling intonation generally expresses

A) readiness to continue conversation

B) implies a request to repeat

C) non-finality ,incompleteness,

D) completion, finality and confidence

E) surprise, doubt, interest. $$$ 81A

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A small group of language teachers formed an association to encourage the use of phonetic notation in schools to help children acquire realistic pronunciations of foreign languages and also to aid in teaching reading to young children.

A) 1886, in Paris

B) 1889, in Germany

C) 1914, in Paris

D) 1922, ion Russia

E) 1897,Wittemberg

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