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Calificacin
Question 1
Puntos: 1
How many syllables does the word Communication contain?
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. Four syllables: Commu-ni-cation
b. Six syllables: Commu-ni-ca-ti-on
c. Three syllables: Communi-cation
d. Five syllables: Commu-ni-ca-tion

Correct: the word Communication contains five syllables:

Co-mmu-ni-ca-tion (/kmjunken/)

The word Communication contains five syllables: Co-mmu-ni-ca-tion

(/kmjunken/)
Correcto
Puntos para este envo: 1/1.
Question 2
Puntos: 1
The phonological transcription of the words "bomb", "iamb", and "crumb" are /bm/ /am/
/krm/, which show the phenomenon called ________________.
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. tonic syllable
b. neutralisation
c. assimilation
Correct! Elision is the results of the disappearance of a sound.
d. elision
Elision is the results of the disappearance of a sound. In these cases, the sound /b/ is not
pronounced.
Correcto
Puntos para este envo: 1/1.
Question 3
Puntos: 1
The word cough has:
Seleccione una respuesta.

a. onset + nucleus
b. nucleus only
c. Nucleus + termination
d. Onset + nucleus + termination
Onset + nucleus + termination
Correcto
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Question 4
Puntos: 1

Correct

The following are distinctive features of consonants except

Seleccione una respuesta.
a. place of articulation
b. vocal backness

Correct It is not a distinctive feature of consonants, it

belongs to vowels.

c. manner of
articulation
d. voicing
Vocal backness is not a distinctive feature of consonants, it belongs to vowels.
Correcto
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Question 5
Puntos: 1
The stressed syllable of the last lexical word is called _________________.
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. assimilated syllable
b. weak syllable
c. emphasis syllable
That's right!
d. tonic syllable
The stressed syllable of the last lexical word is called tonic syllable.
Correcto
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Question 6
Puntos: 1
The following transcription corresponds to: [ bt n mt]
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. the cat is on the mat.

b. the bat is on the hat.

c. the cat is on the mat.
Correct! This is the right transcription.
d. the bat is on the mat.
the bat is on the mat, is the correct transcription.
Correcto
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Question 7
Puntos: 1
The plural form of the nouns "forks" (/f:ks/) and "spoons" (/spunz/) are evidence of which
of the following phonological phenomenon?
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. Neutralisation

b. Progressive
assimilation

That's right! The plural suffix -s is voiceless /s/ when it is

preceded by a voiceless consonant and voiced /z/ when preceded
by a voiced consonant. This is evidence of progressive
assimilation.

c. Regressive
assimilation
d. Elision
The plural suffix -s is voiceless /s/ when it is preceded by a voiceless consonant and
voiced /z/ when preceded by a voiced consonant. This is evidence of progressive
assimilation.
Correcto
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Question 8
Puntos: 1
Single words that can be analyzed into two lexical words are called _____________.
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. compounds

That's right!

b. allophones
c. weak forms
d. clusters
Single words that can be analyzed into two lexical words are called compounds.
Correcto
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Question 9
Puntos: 1

Which of the following transcriptions show the weak forms of functions words like "have"
and "than"?
A. /hv/
B. /hv/
C. /n/
D. /n/
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. A and B are the
correct answers.
b. A and C are the
Correct! Options A and C are the correct answers. Function
words usually take weak forms with a schwa.
correct answers.
c. C and D are the
correct answers.
d. B and D are the
correct answers.
Options A and C are the correct answers. Function words usually take weak forms with a
schwa.
Correcto
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Question 10
Puntos: 1
How is called the result of the disappearance of a sound?
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. Neutralisation
b. Assimilation
c. Aspiration
That's right!
d. Elision
Elision is the results of the disappearance of a sound.
Correcto
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Question 11
Puntos: 1
How many syllables does the word Achievement contain?
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. Three syllables: Achieve-ment
b. Two syllables:
Achieve-ment

Correct: the word Achievement contains three syllables:

A-chieve-ment (/tivmnt/)

c. Four syllables: A-chieve-ment

d. Five syllables: A-chi-eve-ment
The word Achievement contains three syllables: A-chieve-ment (/tivmnt/)
Correcto
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Question 12
Puntos: 1
A minimal pair can be defined as:
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in two
phonological elements.
b. pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in only one
Correct
phonological element
c. pairs of sounds in a particular language, which differ in the manner of
articulation.
d. pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which differ in only one
morphological element.
A minimal pair makes reference to pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, which
differ in only one phonological element.
Correcto
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Question 13
Puntos: 1
In the polysyllabic word photographic, the primary and secondary stress are respectively:
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. pho - to
b. gra - pho

Correct! The primary stress is the syllable gra, and the secondary one
is pho.

c. gra - to
d. gra - phic
The primary stress is the syllable gra, and the secondary one is pho.
Correcto
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Question 14
Puntos: 1
Which of the following Syllabication Rules is not true?
Seleccione una respuesta.

a. When two vowels come together in

a word, and are sounded separately,
divide the word. E.x. Car-di-ol-o-gy
Correct. This syllabication rule is not true:
b. When -ture and -tion are at the end
When -ture and -tion are at the end of a word,
of a word, the word divides them in
they make their own syllable: E.x. Ex-po-sitwo syllables: E.x. Ex-po-si-ti-on
tion
c. The number of vowel sounds in a
word equals the number of syllables.
E.x. Con-so-nant
d. When a vowel is sounded alone in a
word, it forms a syllable itself. E.x. Unin-te-rrup-ted
D is correct. This syllabication rule is not true: When -ture and -tion are at the end of a
word, they make their own syllable: E.x. Ex-po-si-tion
Correcto
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Question 15
Puntos: 1
Which of the following transcriptions of the words "present" and "abstract" correspond to
nouns?
A. /bstr'kt/
B. /'preznt/
C. /pr'zent/
D. /'bstrkt/
Seleccione una respuesta.
a. C and D are the
correct answers.
b. A and C are the
correct answers.
c. B and D are the
correct answers.

That's right! Options B and D are the correct answers. When the
stress is on the first syllable, we get a noun. On the second
syllable, we get a verb.

d. A and B are the

correct answers.
Options B and D are the correct answers. When the stress is on the first syllable, we get a
noun. On the second syllable, we get a verb.
Correcto
Puntos para este envo: 1/1