Create 50 MCQs with answers on the chapter "The sound patterns of language" from the book "The
Study of language" written by George Yule
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word?
a) Morpheme
b) Phoneme
c) Syllable
d) Grapheme
Answer: b) Phoneme
Which of the following refers to the study of the sound system of a language?
a) Morphology
b) Syntax
c) Phonology
d) Semantics
Answer: c) Phonology
Which term describes the specific pronunciation of a phoneme in a particular language or dialect?
a) Allophone
b) Morpheme
c) Grapheme
d) Syllable
Answer: a) Allophone
What is the term for the individual sounds that make up a word?
a) Morphemes
b) Phonemes
c) Allophones
d) Graphemes
Answer: b) Phonemes
In phonology, what is the term for the study of the way sounds function within a particular language?
a) Morphophonemics
b) Phonotactics
c) Morphology
d) Phonetics
Answer: b) Phonotactics
What is the term for the study of speech sounds?
a) Morphology
b) Syntax
c) Phonetics
d) Semantics
Answer: c) Phonetics
Which of the following is not a manner of articulation?
a) Voiced
b) Nasal
c) Plosive
d) Front
Answer: d) Front
Which of the following is an example of a nasal consonant?
a) /p/
b) /k/
c) /m/
d) /s/
Answer: c) /m/
What is the term for the production of a sound without any obstruction in the vocal tract?
a) Voiced
b) Voicing
c) Nasal
d) Fricative
Answer: a) Voiced
What is the term for the vocal folds vibrating when producing a sound?
a) Voiced
b) Voicing
c) Nasal
d) Fricative
Answer: b) Voicing
Which of the following is not a place of articulation for consonants?
a) Bilabial
b) Dental
c) Velar
d) Nasal
Answer: d) Nasal
Which term refers to the study of the distribution of speech sounds in a language and the permissible
combinations of those sounds?
a) Phonotactics
b) Phonetics
c) Phonology
d) Morphology
Answer: a) Phonotactics
What term refers to the study of the physical properties of speech sounds?
a) Phonotactics
b) Phonetics
c) Phonology
d) Morphology
Answer: b) Phonetics
Which of the following is an example of a voiced consonant?
a) /t/
b) /p/
c) /z/
d) /f/
Answer: c) /z/
What term describes the consonants produced by a complete or partial closure in the vocal tract?
a) Sonorants
b) Fricatives
c) Plosives
d) Approximants
Answer: c) Plosives
What term refers to the natural melodies or patterns of pitch changes in connected speech?
a) Prosody
b) Syntax
c) Morphology
d) Phonetics
Answer: a) Prosody
Which of the following is not a suprasegmental feature of speech?
a) Tone
b) Stress
c) Vowel quality
d) Intonation
Answer: c) Vowel quality
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound that carries meaning in a language?
a) Phoneme
b) Morpheme
c) Allophone
d) Grapheme
Answer: b) Morpheme
What is the term for the minimal pair in which two words differ by only one phoneme?
a) Homophones
b) Homographs
c) Minimal set
d) Minimal pair
Answer: d) Minimal pair
Which of the following is an example of an open syllable?
a) cat
b) bed
c) stop
d) glass
Answer: b) bed
What is the term for the study of the structure and organization of sentences?
a) Morphology
b) Syntax
c) Phonology
d) Semantics
Answer: b) Syntax
Which of the following is a closed syllable?
a) tea
b) car
c) fun
d) cold
Answer: d) cold
What term refers to the distinctive sound that is produced by the vibration of the vocal cords?
a) Vowel
b) Consonant
c) Nasal
d) Voicing
Answer: a) Vowel
Which of the following is not a manner of articulation for consonants?
a) Fricative
b) Nasal
c) Glottal
d) Rounded
Answer: d) Rounded
What term refers to the pitch movement that occurs within an utterance?
a) Tone
b) Stress
c) Intonation
d) Prosody
Answer: c) Intonation
Which of the following is not a place of articulation for consonants?
a) Alveolar
b) Retroflex
c) Labiodental
d) Vowel
Answer: d) Vowel
What term refers to the study of the relationship between sound and meaning?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Semantics
Answer: d) Semantics
Which of the following is an example of a diphthong?
a) /b/
b) /aɪ/
c) /k/
d) /p/
Answer: b) /aɪ/
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning in a language?
a) Morpheme
b) Phoneme
c) Grapheme
d) Allophone
Answer: b) Phoneme
Which term refers to the study of the rules governing the combination of sounds to form words in a
language?
a) Phonology
b) Phonetics
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: a) Phonology
What is the term for the rules governing how sounds can be combined to form syllables in a language?
a) Phonology
b) Phonetics
c) Phonotactics
d) Semantics
Answer: c) Phonotactics
Which of the following is an example of a voiced consonant?
a) /t/
b) /s/
c) /z/
d) /f/
Answer: c) /z/
What term refers to the study of the physical properties of speech sounds?
a) Phonology
b) Phonetics
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Phonetics
Which of the following is an example of a voiceless consonant?
a) /b/
b) /d/
c) /m/
d) /t/
Answer: d) /t/
What is the term for the way speech sounds are produced through movements of the articulators?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: a) Phonetics
Which of the following is not a suprasegmental feature of speech?
a) Tone
b) Stress
c) Vowel quality
d) Intonation
Answer: c) Vowel quality
What is the term for the physical sounds that are produced by the articulation of speech sounds?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: a) Phonetics
Which of the following is not a manner of articulation for consonants?
a) Plosive
b) Nasal
c) Glide
d) Dental
Answer: d) Dental
What term refers to the study of the rules governing the sounds used in a language?
a) Phonology
b) Phonetics
c) Phonotactics
d) Morphology
Answer: a) Phonology
Which of the following is an example of a minimal pair?
a) bat - cat
b) kick - pick
c) fool - full
d) tree - three
Answer: a) bat - cat
What term refers to the study of the organization of speech sounds into meaningful units?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Phonology
Which of the following is an example of a diphthong?
a) /i/
b) /o/
c) /eɪ/
d) /u/
Answer: c) /eɪ/
What term refers to the study of the patterns of sounds in language and the rules for their combination?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Phonology
Which of the following is not a place of articulation for consonants?
a) Velar
b) Alveolar
c) Palatal
d) Voiced
Answer: d) Voiced
What is the term for the study of the physical properties of speech sounds?
a) Phonology
b) Phonetics
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Phonetics
Which of the following is an example of a voiced consonant?
a) /p/
b) /t/
c) /f/
d) /v/
Answer: d) /v/
What term refers to the study of the way speech sounds are produced and perceived?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: a) Phonetics
Which of the following is a suprasegmental feature of speech?
a) Voicing
b) Place of articulation
c) Stress
d) Manner of articulation
Answer: c) Stress
What is the term for the variation in pitch used to convey information in speech?
a) Tone
b) Stress
c) Intonation
d) Prosody
Answer: c) Intonation
Which term refers to the study of the way speech sounds are organized and used in natural languages?
a) Phonetics
b) Phonology
c) Morphology
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Phonology
