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    Preguntas sobre GA – Cristina González Angós 2014

    1. Which vowels are involved in the Northern Cities Chain Shift in GA?

    a. /ɛ/, /æ/ and /ɑ/

    b. /ɑ/, /ɪ/ and /ʊ/

    c. / ɛ /, / æ / and /ʌ/
    d. / ɛ /, /æ/ and /ɔ/
    2. In GA, the vowel /eɪ/ as in bay is becoming increasingly ______ for younger people
    a. wider b. shorter c. closer d. longer
    3. In GA, for younger people, the first element of the diphthong /aɪ/ is increasingly being raised in the
    direction of /ə/ in the environment
    a. before voiceless vowels
    b. before voiceless consonants
    c. before voiced vowels
    d. before voiceless consonants
    4. In GA, for younger people the vowel /u/ as in boot is becoming increasingly
    a. fronted b. open c. close d. back
    5. In GA, for younger people the vowel /ou/ of boat is acquiring a
    a. fronter first element
    b. more back first element
    c. a closer first element
    d. a opener first element
    6. In GA, glottal stop is found as an allophone of /t/ in the environment
    a. unstressed syllable followed by /n/
    b. stressed syllable followed by /n/
    c. unstressed initial-syllable followed by /n/
    d. stressed syllable followed by /n/
    7. In GA, voiceless stops (especially /t/) are often unreleased and accompanied by glottal stop in
    a. initial position
    b. between consonants
    c. final position
    d. between vowels
    Preguntas sobre GA – Cristina González Angós 2014

    8. In GA, /t/ may be elided when it is preceded by a


    a. stressed consonant
    b. stressed vowel
    c. unstressed vowel followed by /n/
    d. stressed vowel followed by /n/
    9. Which is the symbol for /r/ when is pronounced as an approximant with a great retroflexion

    a. r b. ɾ c. ɻ d. ɹ
    10. In GA, there is an absent of glottal reinforcement before

    a. voiceless obstruent consonants /p, t, k, tʃ /

    b. voiceless fricatives consonants/ f, θ, s, ʃ /


    c. voice fricatives consonants / v, ð, z, ʒ /
    d. voice obstruent consonants /b, d, g/
    11. The vowel sound of clerk is pronounced with

    a. ɛ b. ɑ c. ɜ d. ə
    12. In GA the word can’t have the vowel

    a. ɑ b. æ c. ʌ d. a
    13. In GA, many foreign words spelled with “o” which in RP have / ɒ / are pronounced with ___ in GA

    a. ɔ b. ə c. oʊ d. əʊ
    14. In GA, the vowel “a” in Milan is pronounced as

    a. ɑ
    b. æ
    c. a
    d. ə

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