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Introduction To Phonetics And Phonology Question Paper
Introduction To Phonetics And Phonology
Course:Bachelor Of Education English
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AEN 200: INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
DATE:
Tuesday 15th September 2009
TIME: 2.00pm-4.00pm
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and TWO other questions.
1.
a)
Provide English Language words as described below:
i)
A word with a c c c syllable structure in the initial position and one with c c c at the end.
ii)
A word with c c and two different locations.
iii)
A word with no consonant cluster although its spelling has a sequence of two consonants. [6marks]
b)
Why would Bantu speakers experience any difficulty in the articulation consonant clusters in English? [2marks]
c)
Identify the minimal pairs in the following list of words from English.
Track, bun, fat, chain, bell, heat, vote, pat, pen, hate, pit, lane, far, more,
treck, tape, bet , heel, meal, trick, for, tale.
[10marks]
d)
Using IPA symbols give a phonetic transcription of each of the following English words: [8marks]
look,
sew
heel,
church
onion,
little
paper,
stop
e)
Very briefly describe the activity of the articulators when producing the underlined sounds in each of the following words. [4marks]
i)
manger
ii)
cough
iii)
give
iv)
shame
2.
a)
Name three body organs involved in speech production and specify the function of each. [15marks]
b)
Provide an IPA symbol for each of the following sounds described below.
i)
Voiced bilabial fricative
ii)
Labio-dental nasal
iii)
Voiced alveolar plosive
iv)
Voiceless labio-dental fricative
v)
Voiced palato-alveolar affricate
[5marks]
3.
a)
Explain any Two ways in which vowel sounds differ from consonant sounds. [10marks]
b)
Provide phonemic description for each of the sounds accruing in the English words/expressions below.
i)
Oh
yeah
ii)
Cough
[10marks]
4.
a)
Draw a vowel chart and place the following cardinal vowels in their rightful positions.
[u] [ ]
? [?] [y] [a]
b)
Giving examples for illustration, clearly describe the distinction in meanings caused by variation of stress in English. [10marks]
5.
With an example for each distinguish between the following. [10marks]
a)
Allophone and phone
b)
Complementary distribution and free variation
c)
Sonorant and abstruents
d)
Fricative and Affricates.
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