Linguistic Test 5

The parameter which treats differences in the activity of the vocal organs

Airstream mechanism

Articulation process

Manner of articulation

Place of articulation

A narrowing or closure of the vocal tract at some particular point during an articulation by the movement of the organs of articulation

Constriction

Reduction

Narrowing

Broadening

A rhyme between two words which are stressed on the final syllable: keen/mean; rain/remain; interfere/appear

Neutral rhyme

Feminine rhyme

Terminal rhyme

Masculine rhyme

Any statement, in some particular framework or description, which prohibits some derivation, process, structure or combination of elements which would otherwise be allowed

Constraint

Taboo

Conditional

Phonotactics

The branch of phonetics which deals with the physical characteristics of the sound waves which carry speech sounds between mouth and ear.

None of the above

Acoustic phonetics

Articulatory phonetics

Auditory phonetics

The scientific study of sound and sound waves

Acoustics

Phonemics

Phonology

Phonetics

The different parts of the vocal tract that can change the shape of the air flow

Acoustic organs

Articulatory organs

Phonetic organs

Auditory organs

The term refers to the characteristic or long-term positioning of articulators by individual or groups of speakers of a particular language

Complementary settings

Auditory settings

Acoustic settings

Articulatory settings

Any piece of morphological material with an identifiable function: for example, English -s is a symbol of plurality

Marker

Signifier

Pointer

Signification

Any characteristic of speech which conveys information about the personal characteristics of the speaker: sex, age, social class, mood, etc

Pointer

Signifier

Marker

Signification

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