Vocal cords and glottis constitute:

A)The resonator mechanism

B)The power mechanism

C)The obstructer mechanism

D)The vibrator mechanism

E)The articulator mechanism

$$$ 49B

What is obstructer mechanism responsible for?

A)For the production of vowels

B)For the production of consonants

C)For the production of sonorants only

D)For the production of all the sounds

E)For the production nasal sounds

$$$ 50E

What organs of speech belong to the resonator mechanism?

A)The pharynx

B)The larynx

C)The mouth cavity

D)The nasal cavity

E) all variant

$$$ 51C

What functions do the vocal cords perform?

A)Flexible and articulatory

B)Physiological physical

C)Original and vibrating

D)Perceptive and auditory

E)biological and linguistic

$$$ 52E According to the lip position English vowels are classified into:

A)Lax, tense

B)Tense, short

C)Long ,short

D)Short, rounded

E)Rounded, unrounded

$$$ 53B

English vowels are classified into:

According to the length

A)Tense ,short

B)Short ,long

C)Short .rounded

D)Rounded ,long

E)Lax .short

$$$ 54E

According to the place of obstruction forelingual consonants are classified into: A)Dental

B)Alveolar

C)lnterdental

D)Post-alveolar and palato-alveolar

E)A11 variants above

$$$ 55E

What are the principles of consonant classification?

A)Work of the vocal cords and the force of exhalation

B)Active organs of speech

C)The place of obstruction

D)Manner of noise production and the type of obstruction

E)All variants above

$$$56E What are the principles of vowel classification?

A)Positions of the lips

B)Positions of the tongue

QDegrees of tenseness and the character of the end

D)Length and stability of articulation

E) All variants above

$$$ 57E What is Phonology? A)Phonology investigates speech sounds

B)Phonology studies and investigates allophone;

C)Phonology investigates phoneme D)Phonology studies variants of phonemes

E) All variants above

$$$ 58B The phoneme theory became widely known and spread :

A)In 1930

B)After 1928

C) After 1940

D)in 1938

E) After 1926

$$$59D The phoneme is: A)A functional unit

B)The smallest non -distinctive unit

C)A functional distinctive unit

D)The smallest distinctive unit

E)A distinctive unit.

$$$ 60A

Who defined the phoneme as a physical image of a sound? A)l.A.Boudouin de Courtenay

B)Prof.Plotkin

C)Prof.Bloomfield

D)Prof.Trubeskoy

E)Prof.Jacobson

$$$ 61C