1. Phonetics

2. Grammar

3. Lexicology

4. Orthography

Вопрос №125

According D. Jones intonation is

1. the variations which take place in the pitch of the voice in connected speech

2. an unknown physical phenomenon

3. an unknown flying object

4. the mechanical motion of a physical body

Вопрос №126

All the allophones are divided into

1. principal and subsidiary

2. high and low

3. open and closed

4. long and short

Вопрос №127

The view of the phoneme originated by Baudouin de Courtenay

1. mentalistic

2. physical

3. functional

4. abstract

Вопрос №128

The English phoneme which can only occur before a vowel either at the beginning or in the middle of a word, and then it always begins a syllable

1. [h]

2. [s]

3. [t]

4. [d]

Вопрос №129

In this language the sound [h] never occurs word finally

1. English

2. Arabic

3. Hebrew

4. Ethiopian

Вопрос №130

A.C. Gimson interprets intonation as

A. rises and falls in pitch level

B. an unknown physical phenomenon

C. an unknown flying object

D. the mechanical motion of a physical body

Вопрос №131

The language in which there is no vowel reduction

1. Japanese

2. English

3. Russian

4. Arabic

Вопрос №132

The alternations between stressed and unstressed vowels in different derivatives from the same root, or in different allomorphs of the same morpheme

1. vowel gradation

2. intonation

3. diphthongs

4. monopthongs

Вопрос №133

The strongest degree of word-stress is called

1. primary

2. secondary

3. tertiary

4. weak

Вопрос №134

The syllables bearing either primary or secondary stress are termed

1. stressed

2. unstressed

3. weak

4. big

Вопрос №135

The greater degree of special prominence given to one or more syllables as compared with that of the other syllable or syllables in one and the same word

1. word accent

2. intonation

3. pronunciation

4. representation

Вопрос №136

Lilias Armstrong and Ida Ward define intonation as follows

1. the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice

2. an unknown physical phenomenon

3. an unknown flying object

4. the mechanical motion of a physical body

Вопрос №137

The change of one vowel to another through the influence of a vowel in the succeeding syllable at different historical stages of the language development

1. mutation

2. intonation

3. pronunciation

4. representation

Вопрос №138

The fronting and raising of vowels in the influence of [i] or [j] in the immediately following syllable at different historical stages of the language development

1. palatal mutation

2. intonation

3. pronunciation

4. representation

Вопрос №139

The pronunciation of “r” before a following vowel even though there is no “r” in spelling

1. intrusive “r”

2. dark [ł]

3. r-less

4. orthographic “r’

Вопрос №140

The pronunciation of orthographic “r” before a following vowel

1. linking “r”

2. dark [ł]

3. assimilation

4. reduction

Вопрос №141

The social accent of working-class areas of the Greater London

1. Cockney

2. Scottish Standard English

3. Received Pronunciation

4. General American

Вопрос №142

The type of word stress in Chinese and Vietnamese

1. Musical

2. dynamic

3. strong

4. qualitative

Вопрос №143

The phonetic changes in earlier periods of the language development

1. historical changes

2. social changes

3. physical changes

4. psychological changes

Вопрос №144

The sound variations in words, their derivatives and grammatical forms of words

1. sound alternations

2. phonemic neutralization

3. Received Pronunciation

4. Representation

Вопрос №145

The loss of one or more distinctive features of a phoneme in the weak position

1. phonemic neutralization

2. Received Pronunciation

3. Intonation

4. graphic representation

Вопрос №146

The phonological unit which combines the distinctive features of two different phonemes into one in variations where one of the phonemes is neutralized in the weak position

1. archiphoneme

2. syllable

3. neutral sound

4. morpheme

Вопрос №147

The component of phonetics which is concerned with individual sounds

1. segmental phonetics

2. suprasegmental phonetics

3. practical phonetics

4. historical phonetics

Вопрос №148

The component of phonetics whose domain is the larger units of connected speech: syllables, words, phrases and texts

1. suprasegmental phonetics

2. segmental phonetics

3. practical phonetics

4. historical phonetics

Вопрос №149

The science that studies the substance, the material form of phonetic phenomena in relation to meaning

1. practical phonetics

2. historical phonetics

3. segmental phonetics

4. suprasegmental phonetics

Вопрос №150

The sound variations in words, their derivatives and grammatical forms of words