IPP521S - INTRO. TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY - 2ND OPP - JAN 2020pdf


IPP521S - INTRO. TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY - 2ND OPP - JAN 2020pdf



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NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF HUMAN SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH
QUALIFICATION CODE: O7BAEN
COURSE NAME: INTRODUCTION TO
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
LEVEL: 5
COURSE CODE: IPP521S
SESSION: JANUARY 2020
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: 1 OF 1
MARKS: 75
SECOND OPPORTUNITY SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) | Dr Niklaas Fredericks
Moperator: | Ms Anneli Nghikembua
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer ALL the questions
Write clearly and neatly
Number the answers clearly
Give essay type responses where
Use blue or black ink pen only
necessary
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES (Including this front page)

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Section A
[24]
Question 1
[3]
What is a phone? Give two examples.
Question 2
[6]
Name and explain 3 (three) parameters to describe consonants.
Question 3
[3]
What is studied in the field of articulatory phonetics?
Question 4
[12]
With relevant examples clearly distinguish between the following pairs of linguistic terms
a. Pitch and Tone
[4]
b. Affricate and fricative
[4]
c. Closed vowels and open vowels
[4]
Section B
[26]
Question 1
[7]
Draw a feature matrix for the phoneme below using the following features. Consonantal, voiced,
voiceless, nasal , rounded, central, click.
/m0/
Question 2
Write the phonetic symbol for the last consonant sound of each of the following words.
each)
a) wrong
b) Yet
c) zebra
d) cell
e) cord
f) shoe
g) Physiology
h) Choir
i) Geography
[9]
(one mark

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Question 3
[10]
Write a short description of any two branches of Phonetics you studied in this course. Your answer
must not be more than 100 words. Illustrate each branch with examples.
Section C
[25]
Question 1
[12]
Complete the IPA table below. Please note, you do not have to draw the IPA table again.
Bilabial | Labio- | Dental
dental
Stop (1...)
pb
Stop (affricate)
Fricative
fv
3... 4...
Nasal
m
Approximant
W
(2...)
Approximant
(lateral)
e.g. 1. Stop affricate
2. [s]
3. [n]
Alveol | Palato- | Palat | Velar | Glotal
ar
alveol | al
ar
t 5...
k 10...
Tose Bie
Ss 2 J 9.
12...
n
11...
r
J
6...
Question 2
[13]
Write an essay of about 200 words explaining the importance of the IPA chart
END OF EXAMINATION
TOTAL: 75