dr Agnieszka Chada Fonetyka i fonologia fon2/2010
your name _________________________________________ your index number ______________
Please, note: Only students entitled to take this exam will get a passing grade after passing this exam. Other
persons sit and write this exam at their own risk. Time of exam: 90 min. Penalty for cheating: failing grade.
Grading scale: >90% = 5; >85% = 4,5; >80% = 4; >70% = 3,5; >60% = 3; <60% or cheating = 2
Total available: 40 pts. Your score: _____ /40 pts = ____% Your grade:______________
1. What coarticulatory effect is predicted in the English word two [tu:]? (5 pts)
2. Prove that the sounds /k/ and /g/ are phonemes in English. (5 pts)
3. Consider the data below which are from Sindhi, an Indo-European language spoken in India.
Examine the distribution of three phones: [p], [ph], and [b]. Use the questions (a)-(e) as guidelines
for formulating your answer. (10 pts)
a. Point to relevant words you use as evidence.
b. Explain this evidence.
c. How do we call this type of distribution of phones?
d. Are the three sounds allophones of one phoneme or separate phonemes? Explain your choice.
e. Is the situation the same as in English? Why?
Sindhi data:
1) [pYnu] leaf 5) [dYru] door
9) [bYÅ„u] run
6) [phYnu] hood of snake
2) [vYÅ„u] opportunity
10) [bYnu] forest
7) [tYru] bottom
3) [ƒeki] suspiscious 11) [bYżu] be safe
8) [khYto] sour
4) [gYdo] dull
12) [Å„YÅ„u] judge
4. What is lack of plosion? Explain the phenomenon on a chosen example from English. (5 pts)
5. How is the British English [l] of lamb different from that of school? (5 pts)
6. Mark allophones in the sentence: Dick could write the test but he ll choose to skip it.
(10 pts, note: excessive errors count as minus points)
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