I MA English - Phonetics I

How many kinds of air stream mechanism are there?

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Fill in the gap with the right option: "The air stream mechanism which has the lungs as the initiator is called "the_____ air stream mechanism."

Fill in the gap with the right option: "The air stream mechanism which has the vocal cords as the initiator is called "the _____ air stream mechanism."

Fill in the gap with the right option: "The air stream mechanism which has the velum or the soft palate as the initiator is called "the _____ air stream mechanism."

Match the following:

• Phonatory System

• Lungs

• Respiratory System

• Vocal cords

• Articulatory system

• Tongue

​ (a)   are the part of the articulatory system of the organs of speech.

• Lips
• Vocal Cords
• Lungs
• Diaphragm

​ All English sounds are ​ (a)   .

• ingressive
• velar
• pharyngeal
• egressive

​ Phonetics is a branch of ​ (a)  

• phonology
• morphology
• linguistics.
• Semantics

​ (a)   is a systematic, scientific study of the sounds of a language.

• phonology
• morphology
• linguistics.
• Semantics
• Phonetics

There are ​ (a)   phonemes in the English Language.

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