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EXAMENES DE ESTUDIOS COMPARADOS I (07-08)

1er examen:

1. Explain what is meant by prosodic or suprasegmental features.

2 / 3. Whats differences between morpheme and phoneme?4 / 5. What is the differences between stressed-timed language and syllable-timed

language?

6 / 7. What is the differences between pitch and stress?

8 / 9. What is the differences between primary stress and secondary stress?

10. Point out the differences in meaning in the following expressions:

This book is quite GOOD

This book is QUITE good

This book is QUITE GOOD

2 examen:

1. where and what is the Glottis?

2. What is the role of the velum in the production of speech

3. what is the voice? Explain differences between voiced and voiceless sound.

4. what is the difference between vowel and consonant?

5. Explain what is meant by a syllabic consonant.

6. Explain what is meant by a semivowel.

7. What other symbols can be used to refer to the sound represented by //, /z/,/c/, /j/?

8. Fill the blankc in the following text. It is useful for us to think of...

- The ...... as activators, setting the air-steam in motion.

- The ...... the raw material out of which sounds are made

- The ........ vibrators which when in action turn the air-steam into voice,

and when wide apart let it through as breath.

- The cavities as ..... which vary in shape, thus varying the qualities of

speech sounds.

- The ..... as the elements which vary the shape of the .... and further

interfere with the passage of air.

9. Explain the difference in the pragmatic value of the following expressions

according to their respective intonation contours:

,Thank you

`Thank youThank you

10. Explain what is meant by the functional load of a phonological or grammatical

distinction.

3er examen:

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1. Indicate the symbol used to represent the following English phonemes:

- Voiceless glottal fricative

- Voice palato-alveolar affricate

- Post-alveolar retroflex

- Palatal semivowel- Velar nasal

2. How many sibilant phonemes are there in the sound system of the English

language? Point out their symbols and comment on their relevance for the

distribution of english allomorphs.

3. What is the difference between linking and intrusive r?

4. What is the name of the sound represented by (?) where and how is it produced,

and what is it used for?

5. What is the difference between clear l and dark l?

6. how many labiodental fricative phonemes exist in english and how do they

compare with their spanish counterparts.

7. how do the english dipthongs compare with the spanish ones from the point ofview of the relative prominence of their elements.

8. Is there any difference in the point and manner of articulation of the Spanish and

English phonemes t, d?

9. Explain and illustrate what is meant by a minimal pain.

10. how many central vowels are there in the English phonological system? Write

down their symbols.

4 examen

1. transcribe the underlined words in the following expressions so as to show their

pronunciation in the informal colloquial style.

- Graham Green

- Reform a) to improve b) to form again

- The north, the east and the west

- Tell her her mother needs her

- At ten to six and ten to eight

- He explained that that man was the new boss.

- We had predicted it the wine had been stolen, so we had some tea.

- I saw some cherries, so I bough some

- You and I can take Robert and Mary

2. transcribe the following expresion so as to show them pronuntiation in theinformal colloquial style or the way they are spelt in Modern English.

- Can you can a can as a can...

- Of course I can

- Thats a nice suit. I havent seen it before, have I?

- (Q) Wed Km from? (R) fr mItlIj nju:?- im w: nt- Fnsij bi twi:t

*Nota: Los ltimos problemas son como se pronuncia. Es difcil escribirlos aqu.

Espero que os haya servido de ayuda X3 Un beso y mucha suerte en el exmen. Eli