List of top Linguistics Questions on Phonetics and Phonology

Among the following, which are the active articulators?
(A) Upper palate
(B) Lower lip
(C) Tongue
(D) Teeth-ridge
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Match List I with List II

LIST I	LIST II
(A) Phonology	(II) Study of speech sounds
(B) Syntax	(III) Study of arrangements of words in sentences
(C) Semantics	(I) Study of meaning
(D) Morphology	(IV) Study of a structure of and classes of words

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Match List I with List II

LIST I (Book/Theory proposed/Characteristic, etc.)	LIST II (Author/Thinker/Name of Theory, etc.)
A. Velar	I. क, ख, ग
B. Palatal	II. च, छ, ज, ञ
C. Dental	III. त, थ, द, ध
D. Glottal	IV. ह

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Match List I with List II

LIST I	LIST II
(A) Bilabial	(II) Upper lip and lower lip
(B) Glottal	(I) Glottis (Vocal cords)
(C) Dental	(IV) Teeth and tip of tongue
(D) Palatal	(III) Hard palate and front of tongue

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Two or more different realizations of the same sound in different environments are called:

Human speech sounds produced with the air passing through the nose are called:

A vowel sound can be produced with...

Human speech sounds produced with the air passing through the mouth...

A consonant sound can only be produced with:

Human sound is:

The roof of the mouth is:

Human eardrum can hear the sound which is: