多选题Sounds belonging to one word or one syllable can cause changes in sounds belonging to neighboring words or syllables. This is called ____________. A. liaison B. elision C. assimilation D. dissimilation多选题________ phonetics deals with the transmission of speech sounds through the air. A. Articulatory B. Acoustic C. Auditory D. Linguistic多选题The English sound /z/ can be described as a(an) _______. A. voiceless fricative B. alveolar nasal C. voiced fricative D. alveolar plosive多选题The vowel ______ is a high front vowel. A. /i:/ B. /u:/ C. /e/ D. /au/多选题The rime of the syllable [strein] (strain) is ________. A. [ein] B. [n] C. [str] D. [ei]多选题________ are the phonological units of language. A. Phonemes B. Phones C. Allophones D. Sounds多选题_________ are speech sounds produced with the front part of the tongue on the alveolar ridge. A. Vowels B. Fricatives C. Bilabials D. Alveolars多选题___________ is often called the roof of the mouth. A. Alveolar ridge B. Uvula C. Hard palate D. Soft palate多选题Such a phenomenon of the linking of words in speech, in particular when the second word begins with a vowel, is called _______. A. liaison B. elision C. assimilation D. dissimilation多选题____________ are speech sounds produced with the upper teeth and the lower lip. A. Labials B. Bilabials C. Dentals D. Labiodentals多选题The English sound /u:/ can be described as a(an) ______. A. open vowel B. long low vowel C. rounded vowel D. central close vowel简答题When a group of words can be differentiated one from another by changing one phoneme (always in the same position), then we have a ______. A、word set B、minimal set C、maximal set D、sound set多选题Many languages, including English, have vowels called __________ which can be described as a sequence of two sounds produced from one vowel position to another. A. diphthongs B. biphthongs C. hiphthongs D. tiphthongs多选题Which of the following item does not fall under the same category as the rest according to the manners of articulation? _____. A. /f/ B. /z/ C. /θ/ D. /k/多选题Classification of English speech sounds in terms of manner of articulation involves the following EXCEPT ________. A. fricatives B. lateral C. affricates D. bilabial多选题When the vocal cords are drawn together, the air stream forces its way through and causes them to vibrate. Sounds produced in this way are described as ______ sounds. A. vocal B. voiced C. voiceless D. vibrative简答题The coda of the syllable [plæŋk] (plank) is ______. A、 [pl] B、 [æ] C、 [ŋk] D、 [æŋk]多选题____________ phonetics is the study of how speech sounds are produced. A. Articulatory B. Acoustic C. Auditory D. Linguistic简答题______ are pairs of words which differ from each other only by one sound. A、 Word pairs B、 Minimal pairs C、 Maximal pairs D、 Sound pairs