Exam is from 1:00 to 2:00 PM. No Extra Time Allowed Section 54
Class will resume after the exam
English Department – ENG 132(Linguistics)
Interm 1
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1-Answer the following questions: (6 marks)
A- What happens in the process known as *********** Writing?
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B- What kind of evidence is used to support that language is culturally transmitted?
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C- What is the basic idea behind the ‘bow-wow’ theory of language origin?
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1- In their attempt to prove that animals can communicate with the humans by many ways, scientists conducted many experiments on chimpanzees. List all the experiments in terms of the name of the chimpanzee, the mode of communication, and the result. (6 marks)
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The exam will include also True or false
Multiple choice questions
1-Define the following terms:
Phonetics
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Phonotactics
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Phonology
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Phones
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Allophones
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Phones
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Allophones
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Articulatory phonetics
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2- )
a) Give the sound that corresponds to the following underlined letters
b) Explain the difference in manner and place of articulating the underlined consonants and vowel(s) in each pair:
Sound / Manner / Placea) ships / chips
b) rouge / judge
c) three / free
d) sew / zoo
e) Pear/bear
f) Site/side
g) Fig/rig
h) Bat/bet
5) Which of the following words end with a voiceless sound (-V) and which end with a voiced one(+V) ? (5 points)
1) blood ( ) 2) smack ( )
3) Flash ( ) 4) eleventh ( )
5) rouge ( )