______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language?

Related Mcqs:

1. ______________is the scientific study of language ?

   A. Philology
   B. Phonology
   C. Phonetics
   D. linguistics

2. The study of elementary speech sounds is called________?

   A. Phonology
   B. Morphology
   C. Syntax
   D. Semantics

3. ____________________are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another ?

   A. Diphthongs
   B. Triphthongs
   C. Semi__vowels
   D. Minimal pairs

4. The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?

   A. Supra__segmental phonemes
   B. Secondary phonemes
   C. Prosodic features
   D. All the above.

5. The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech?

   A. Alliteration
   B. Assonance
   C. Elision
   D. None of the above

6. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?

   A. Ding Dong theory
   B. The Bow-vow theory
   C. The Pooh-pooh theory
   D. The Gesture theory

7. How many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language ?

   A. Two
   B. Three
   C. Four
   D. Five

8. How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?

   A. Two
   B. Three
   C. Four
   D. Five

9. ________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?

   A. Syllable
   B. Stress
   C. Intonation
   D. Pitch.

10. ______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?

    A. Stress
    B. Pitch
    C. Intonation
    D. Juncture