a) He defined the level of their genetic relationship to each other
b) He found out Language Universals
c) He analyzed the lexical units of all Turkic languages
d) He compared all language of the world
36. The smallest unit of sound distinguishing meaning is called a ...
a) phoneme
b) Morpheme
c) allophone
d) phone
37.
A fricative and an affricate differ in ...
a) pressure phase and friction phase
b) Nothing
c) place of articulation
a) the manner of articulation
38.
A voiced and a voiceless sound differ in ...
a) There is no difference
b) aspiration
c) the direction of the air stream
d) vocal chord action
39.
In which of these words is the vowel the shortest?
a) bean
b) bead
c) bee
d) beat
40.
… which is mainly concerned with the functioning of phonetic units in the
language.
a) segmental phonetics;
b) practical phonetics;
c) suprasegmental phonetics;
d) theoretical phonetics.
41. The branch of phonetics that studies the linguistic function of consonant
and vowel sounds, syllable structure, word accent and prosodic features, such
as pitch, stress, and tempo is called …
a) phonology;
b) instrumental phonetics;
c) practical phonetics;
d) theoretical phonetics;
42
.… studies the larger units of connected speech syllables, words, phrases,
texts.
a) segmental phonetics;
b) theoretical phonetics;
c) practical phonetics;
d) suprasegmental phonetics.
43.
How many vowels are there in the English, Russian and Uzbek languages?
