课程名称︰英语语音学(含发音练习)二
课程性质︰外文系选修
课程教师︰史嘉琳
开课学院：文学院
开课系所︰外国语文学系
考试日期（年月日）︰2016.06.22
考试时限（分钟）：约100分钟
试题 :
Introduction to Phonetics II Final Exam
June 22, 2016
I. Give concise and coherent answers to the following questions. Please answer
all questions on the separate answer, except for 3. in Part I, and Part II.
Make sure to write your name and student number on both sheets.
1. a. What are geminates? b. Are there geminates in English?
c. Under what circumstances? d. If so, give examples. (4×3=12%)
2. a. How does a semivowel differ from a vowel phonetically?
b. How does a semivowel differ from a vowel phonologically? (2×6=12%)
3. Place the following symbols in their approximate places in the vowel space
below; also in the blank space after each item, write (+R) if it is rounded
or (-R) if it is unrounded. (12%)
[共 9 个元音符号，皆出自课本附的IPA表；题目有画出元音位置图]
4. Give at least three possible reasons why the syllable count for the same
word in English may not always be the same by all English speakers on all
occasions. (12%)
5. a. Explain what a "tone sandhi" is. b. Give an example of tone sandhi in any
dialect of Chinese you are familiar with. c. Under what circumstances does
this tone sandhi occur? d. Under what circumstances will it normally not
occur? (12%)
6. Let's assume that you are learning a new tone language from someone of the
opposite sex, and that you have just imitated a word they modeled for you,
using the exact same pitches they did. Why might your teacher tell you that
your tone is "incorrect", even though it was exact copy of the model they
just gave you? (10%)
7. Why might becoming more aware of the pronunciation and prosody of one's
native language be useful when learning a foreign language? (12%)
8. Explain what phonetic motor equivalence is. (6%)
II. Match the terms in the second and third columns, then circle art to the
left of the word in the first column if it is an articulatory property, and
aud if it is an auditory property. (6+6=12%)
a. art aud nazalization lip position
b. art aud backness frequency of F3
c. art aud ATR position of the soft palate
d. art aud rhotacization frequency of F1
e. art aud height width of the pharynx
f. art aud rounding frequency of F2
III. Dictation. (10×10=100%)