Theoretical phonetics
Theoretacal assignment
What types of assimilation do you know? Give examples.
What are the stages of a single sound articulation? Give examples.
What is merging of stages? Give examples.
What is interpenetration of stages? Give examples.
What peculiarity of a vowel transition do you know? Give examples.
What peculiarities of consonant transition do you know? Give examples.
What is elision? Give examples.
What is nasal plosion, lateral plosion, loss of plosion? Give examples.
What is speech from physiological point of view? Give examples.
What speech organs work in the producing of speech sounds? Give examples.
How are vowel and consonant sounds produced? Give examples.
What is the classification of the English consonants? Give examples.
What is the classification of the English vowels? Give examples.
What is the difference between monograph, diphthong, diphthongoid? Give examples.
What is transcription and why is it used? Give examples.
What is unstressed vocalism? Give examples.
What is reduction? Give examples.
What are quantitative and qualitative reductions? Give examples.
What is the role of neutral sound [ǝ]’ in the in the unstressed vocalism? Give examples.
What are main difference between English and Kazakh vocalism? Give examples.
What parts of speech are usually unstressed in the English sentence? Give examples.
How do you prove that phonetics is an independent science?
Give examples to prove the significance of phonetics.
Give examples to prove that phonetics is connected with other sciences.
What are articulatory differences between vowels and sonorants?
What are articulatory differences between consonants and sonorants?
What are articulatory differences between consonants and vowels?
Explain the articulation of /w, j, h/ from the viewpoint of the active organ of speech.
Explain the articulation of /f, r, h/ from the viewpoint of the active organ of speech.
Explain the articulation of /ʤ, m, ŋ/ from the viewpoint of the active organ of speech.
Draw the following table: classification of English vowels according to the position of the tongue movement.
Draw the following table: classification of English vowels according to the position of the lips.
Draw the following table: classification of English vowels according to the degree of tenseness and the character of the end of the vowel.
Draw the following table: classification of English vowels according to the lungs and the stability of articulation.
What is the difference between checked and unchecked vowels?
What do you know about stability of articulation in vowel production?
Characterize sound [ᴐɪ] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [eɪ] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [r] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [w] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [ɔ:] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [l] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [n] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [m] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [u:] from articulatory point of view.
Characterize sound [h] from articulatory point of view.