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Eng 111:Introduction To Phonetics August 2010 Question Paper

Eng 111:Introduction To Phonetics August 2010

Course:Bachelor Of Education Science

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2009/20010 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION SCIENCE
COURSE CODE: ENG 111

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. There are TWO sections in this question paper. (A and B)
2. Answer ALL questions in section A and any other TWO in section B.
3. Marks will be awarded for detailed answers.

SECTION A (COMPLUSORY- 40MARKS)
1. a) What does the knowledge of language entail as far as phonetics and phonology is
concerned? (5marks)
b) How does the above address the notoriously confusingly nature of the English spellings?
(4marks)

2. a) Use appropriate examples to distinguish the following concepts:
i) Vowels and consonants.
ii) Voiceless sounds and voiced sounds (8marks)

3. a) Use an elaborate diagrammatic representation to describe the different articulators
above the larynx. (8marks)
b) How are the articulators physiologically adapted to produce speech sounds. (5marks)

4. a) When do nasalized vowels occur in speech production? (4marks)
b) Identify any two differences and similarities between the vowel sound [a] and [ ].(6marks)

SECTION B - ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION - 15MARKS
5. Using the Cardinal vowel chart of the English Language describe the eight primary cardinal
vowels. (15marks)

6. a) Provide the three descriptive parameters for the following sounds:
i) [s]
ii) [z]
iii) [t]
iv) [d]
v) [k]
vi) [g]
vii) [f]
viii) [v] (8marks)

b) Transcribe the following words using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
i) Enough
ii) Inept
iii) Stuff
iv) Pleasure
v) Shine
vi) Yesterday
vii) Honest (7marks)

7. Make short notes on the following concepts:
a) Diphthongs
b) Clicks
c) Trills and Flaps
d) Phonemes
e) Allophones (15marks)

Eng 111:Introduction To Phonetics August 2010 Question Paper

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