超星 - Chapter 2-2

A. Larynx is sometimes what we call "Adam's Apple".
B. The International Phonetic Alphabet uses narrow transcription.
C. There are two nasal consonants in English.
D. It is sounds by which we make communicative meaning.

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单选题

________ are a set of vowel qualities artificially defined, fixed and unchanging, intended to provide a frame of reference for the description of the actual vowels of existing languages.

A. Diphthongs
B. Pure Vowels
Cardinal Vowels
D. Vowel Glides

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单选题

The word _____ simply refers to " a unit of explicit sound contrast": the existence of a minmal pair automatically grants phonemic status to the sounds responsible for the contrasts.

A. allophone
B. phoneme
C. sound
D. syllable

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单选题

Which of the following is the correct description of the English consonant [z]?

A. voiceless alveolar affricate
B. voiceless bilabial nasal
C. voiced alveolar stop
D. voiced alveolar fricative

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判断题

Otto Yesperson , Daniel Jones and their colleagues made great contributions to language teaching by developing and perfecting IPA which is extensively used in dictionaries and textbooks.

A. 对
B. 错

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