A PHONOLOGY TEST BASED ON
G. PORCELLI and F. HOTIMSKY's

A Handbook of English Pronunciation


Test written by G. Porcelli
Original outline and JavaScript code by Steven M. Liti



Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words chosen from the list below. Type your answer in the appropriate text box, using CAPITAL LETTERS, and then click on the numbered button on the right-hand side to check your answer.


ALLOPHONE ALLOPHONES ADDITION DELETE DIFFERENCE
DIFFER MEAN MEANING MINIMAL MINIMUM
PHONE PHONES PHONEME PHONEMES PHONETIC
PHONETICS PHONOLOGY SIGNIFY SIGNIFICANT SOUND
SOUNDS SYMBOL SYSTEM SYSTEMS VOICE

BASIC CONCEPTS IN PHONOLOGY

The study of all possible human vocal sounds is called (1). However, not all the differences between (2) are significant. For example, the Italian "n sounds" in nonno and in banco are different but they depend on the (3) context: technically, we say that they are two (4) of one and the same (5) /n/.

The English nasal sounds in the two words sin and sing, instead, (6) meaningfully and this shows that they belong to two different (7).

Consequently, the two words sin and sing constitute a (8) pair. Such pairs are very important in detecting (9) differences.

The study of the sound (10) of a language in terms of meaningful units is called (11).


ALLOPHONE ALLOPHONES ADDITION DELETE DIFFERENCE
DIFFER MEAN MEANING MINIMAL MINIMUM
PHONE PHONES PHONEME PHONEMES PHONETIC
PHONETICS PHONOLOGY SIGNIFY SIGNIFICANT SOUND
SOUNDS SYMBOL SYSTEM SYSTEMS VOICE

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