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IPP521S - INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY - 2ND OPP - JANUARY 2023 |
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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF HUMAN SCIENCES
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOROF ENGLISHAND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATIONCODE: (07BENL)
LEVEL:5
COURSECODE:IPP521S
COURSENAME: INTRODUCTIONTO PHONETICSAND
PHONOLOGY
SESSION:JANUARY2023
TIME:
3H00
PAPER:Theory
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
SECONDOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTIONPAPER
Dr Theresia Mushaandja
MODERATOR: Ms Anneli Nghikembua
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Follow all instructions
2. Write clearly and neatly
3. Number the answers clearly
4. Give essay type responses where necessary
5. Use blue or black ink only
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 4 PAGES(Including this front page)
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Question 1
(37)
1.1 Which of the following are minimal sets in English" Give a reason for your answer (2)
Bit-bite-bide
High-bye-why
1.2 By aid of examples, describe the following phonological processes:
A. Glide formation also known as semi-vocalisation
(5)
B. Vowel coalescence
(5)
1.3 All sounds can be either voiced or voiceless. Indicate whether the following sounds are
voiced or voiceless
(5)
a) [z]
b) [f]
c) [8]
d) [d]
e) [s]
1.4 How do we call the sounds produced at the following articulation points?
(10)
a) Both lips
b) Tongue and front teeth
c) Soft palate
d) Lips and teeth
e) Tongue and hard palate
1.5Write the phonetic symbol for the first consonant sound of each of the following words. (10)
a. wrong
b. Yet
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C. zebra
d. cell
e. cord
f. shoe
g. Physiology
h. Choir
i. Geography
j. This
Question 2
(63)
2.1 Name and explain 3 (three) parameters to describe consonants.
(6)
2.2 Write brief descriptions of the three branches of Phonetics you studied in this course.
Clarify by providing examples.
(15)
2.3 Write in phonetic brackets the sound, which fits the descriptions below.
(20)
a. bilabial nasal
(2)
b. Voiced Palato alveolar fricative
(2)
c. Alveolar central
(2)
d. Nasal high rounded back vowel
(2)
e. Bilabial Approximant (Central)
(2)
f. High unrounded front vowel
(2)
g. Voiceless Velar fricative
(2)
h. Voiceless Alveolar Stop (plosive)
(2)
i. Bilabial click
(2)
j. Velar nasal
(2)
2.4 Clearly distinguish between the following pairs of linguistic terms; where possible use
examples
{12)
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a) Suprasegmental and diacritics
(4)
b) Plosive and fricatives
(4)
c) Monophthong and diphthong
(4)
2.5 Match the following terms to their definitions
(10}
Velarisation nasalization labialisation pharyngealisation palatalisation
Definition
Term
Adding lip-rounding to a segment
A.
Raisingthe front tongue towards the
B.
hard palate
Raising the back of the tongue towards C.
the soft palate
Retracting the root of the tongue
D.
towards the back wall of the pharynx
Lowering the soft palate to allow air to E.
flow through the nasal cavity and add
nasal resonance to the oral resonance of
the vocal tract
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