Phonology Of English Question Paper

Phonology Of English

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

AEN 202:
PHONOLOGY OF ENGLISH

DATE: Wednesday, 23rd December, 2009 TIME: 2.00 p.m. ? 4.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE (Compulsory) and TWO other questions.
1.
a)
Name the following sounds in English and give an example of a word in
which
it
occurs
in
initial
position.
[10
marks]

i) d?
ii)

j
iii)

h

iv) d

v) w

b)
Transcribe the following words in English using broad transcription.

[10 marks]
i)
Making
ii)
Judge
iii)
Facing
iv)
Mary
v)
Phonetics
c)
Identify and illustrate two syllable types in English.
[6 marks]
d)
Discuss two factors that determine the placement of stress in English.

[4 marks]
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2.
a)
Define
assimilation.
[2
marks]

b)
With examples discuss four assimilatory processes in English.

[18 marks]
3.
a)
Describe the English short vowels and for each give an example of a word

in which it occurs.

[ 12 marks]
b)
With an example for each, illustrate two phonetic and two phonological
differences between Standard British English (RP) and Standard American
English.
4.
Briefly distinguish between each of the following pairs of concepts, drawing
examples
from
English. [
12
marks]

i)
Vowels and approximants

ii)
Stress and pitch
iii)
Phoneme and allophone
iv)
Standard and native speaker variety
v)
Labialization and Lateral release.
5.
a)
Discuss four functions of
Intonation
.
[12
marks]

b)
With examples, discuss the main problems that learners of English face
with
the
spelling
of
English.
[
8
marks]

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