Standard Southern British English pronunciation is traditionally called (give both the full name and the abbreviation) … Received Pronunciation, RP
In this course, we refer to Standard American English pronunciation as (give both the full name and the abbreviation) … General American, GA
We refer to the pronunciation of a dialect in general as … accent
The deletion of non-prevocalic /r/ is traditionally called the rule of … R-dropping
Those accents of English in which non-prevocalic /r/’s are deleted are called … non-rhotic
A non-historical /r/ inserted between morphemes is called … Intrusive-R
The name of the sound change responsible for the difference in certain accents between the vowels in words like hat, can and words like dance, can’t is … (there are two possible answers) TRAP/BATH Split – BATH Broadening
In a “flat”-BATH accent words like bath are pronounced with the vowel … ash /æ/
The name of the sound [ɾ] is … tap/flap
The name of the sound [Ɂ] is … glottal stop 11a. The two main types of English accent are the “English” type and the ... “American” type 11b. The two varieties of English which do not fit into either category are ... Scottish English and Irish English
The major dialect boundary between the linguistic north and the linguistic south in England is called ... The Severn-Wash Line
The traditional dialect of Tyneside/Newcastle is called ... Geordie
The traditional dialect of Merseyside/Liverpool is called ... Scouse
The traditional working-class dialect of London is called ... co*ckney
In an unsplit FOOT-STRUT accent the words put, but, love, blood, look are all pronounced with ... /ʊ/
That part of England where unsplit FOOT-STRUT accents are found is the … the linguistic north
In terms of the FOOT-STRUT variable, RP belongs to the type we call … split accent
In terms of the FOOT-STRUT variable, GA belongs to the type we call … split accent
In terms of the TRAP-BATH variable, RP belongs to the type we call … split accent
In terms of the TRAP-BATH variable, GA belongs to the type we call … unsplit accent
A speaker for whom hart is hom*ophonous with art exhibits the pronunciation feature called ... H-dropping
As a result of Diphthong Shift, in co*ckney words like day, bay, later, prey are pronounced with the vowel ... /aɪ/
As a result of Diphthong Shift, in co*ckney words like how, now, out, house are pronounced with the vowel ... (there are two possible answers) /æ:/ or /aeʊ/
In several accents of English there is a difference between two types (“allophones”) of /l/, one is traditionally called clear or light, the other is called ... dark
The process whereby a dark-L is replaced by a back (velar) rounded vowel is called ... L-vocalization
Glottalling (or glottal replacement) means the replacement of a /t/ by (give both the name and the symbol) ... /Ɂ/ glottal stop
Initial Fricative Voicing characterises the geographical region called ... the linguistic south
In England Intrusive-L is found in and around the city of ... Bristol
TH-fronting means that /θ/ as in think and /ð/ as in brother are replaced, respectively, by ... /f/, /v/
TH-stopping means that /θ/ as in think and /ð/ as in brother are replaced, respectively, by ... /t/, /d/
The non-standard spelling fella for fellow shows that the word may undergo the process called ... final ow-reduction
The type of slang invented by co*ckney speakers in the 19th century (and still used by Londoners in general) is called … co*ckney rhyming slang
The variety of English whose speakers may retain the difference between words like blue and blew (i.e., no effects of Early Yod-dropping) is … Welsh English
In English dialectology, the term “Celtic countries” subsumes … Scotland, Ireland
The Celtic language spoken in parts of Scotland is called … Scottish Gaelic
The Celtic language spoken in parts of Ireland is called … (there are two possible answers) Irish Gaelic, Erse
The collective name of the traditional rural dialects and their urban variations of English in Scotland is … Scots
Before the Great Vowel Shift, words like mouse were pronounced with the vowel … /u:/
Before the Great Vowel Shift, words like mice were pronounced with the vowel … /i:/
In accents with no WH-reduction, words like witch are pronounced with /w/ at the beginning, while words like which have … (there are two possible answers) /hw/, /ʍ/
Aitken’s Law is the alternative name of the pronunciation regularity called … The Scottish Vowel Length Rule
“North American English” subsumes the varieties spoken in the countries … USA + Canada (Standard American English + Canadian English)
“Southern Hemisphere English” subsumes the varieties spoken in the countries … Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
In our typology of the accents of the US, the non-GA accents are the ones we call … Eastern US English, Southern US English
The name of the sound change responsible for the absence of difference in certain accents between the stressed vowels in words like bother, clock and words like father, Clark is … LOT Unrounding
A speaker for whom new, tune, dew are hom*ophonous with gnu, toon, do, respectively, exhibits the pronunciation feature called … Later Yod Dropping
The pronunciation feature in Canadian English responsible for the different vowels in words like white, sight, out and words like wide, side, loud, respectively, is called … Canadian Raising
Hyperrhoticity characterises the accent of US English which we call … Eastern US English
The PIN-PEN Merger characterises the accent of US English which we call … the linguistic south
Southern US English is characterised by relatively longer vowels in stressed syllables and relatively more weakening of unstressed syllables, which is traditionally called … the southern drawl
The three main divisions of both Australian English and New Zealand English are called … broad, general, cultivated
The end of the shared development of BrE and AmE in the early or mid 18th century (the classical symbolical date is 1750) is traditionally referred to as the … the great divide
In terms of rhoticity, North American English belongs to the type we call … rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Southern Hemisphere English belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Eastern US English belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Black English (AAVE) belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Canadian English belongs to the type we call … rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Australian English belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, New Zealand English belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, South African English belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Welsh English belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Scottish English belongs to the type we call … rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, Irish English belongs to the type we call … rhotic
The part of England which is traditionally rhotic is the … West-country
When a pidgin becomes the first language for certain communities, we call it a(n) … creole
Pidgins and creoles are traditionally named after the prestigious European language (in our case, English), which is in general terms called … superstrate
The other name of Melanesian Pidgin English is … Tok Pisin
The best-known English-based creole, spoken in the Caribbean, is … Jamaican Creole
The acronym WAPE stands for … West African Pidgin English
The three general speech areas where English-based pidgins and creoles are spoken are … The Caribbean, West Africa, The Pacific
The acronym AAVE stands for … African American Vernacular English
In terms of rhoticity, RP belongs to the type we call … non-rhotic
In terms of rhoticity, GA belongs to the type we call … rhotic
The Carrot-rule does not apply in GA (as opposed to RP) in a few words such as … curry, hurry
RP and GA have different pronunciations for the underlined part of city because GA has the rule of ... tapping/flapping
RP and GA have different pronunciations for the underlined part of YouTube because GA has the rule of ... yod-dropping
Stress placement is different in RP and GA in certain words such as … address, garage
In RP, the word ate has /e/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /eɪ/
In RP, the word clerk has /ɑː/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /3/
In RP, the word leisure has /e/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /ɪ/
The RP and GA pronunciations of the word herb differ in both R-dropping and … H-dropping
In RP, the first syllable of lieutenant is pronounced /lef/, while in GA it is … /lu/
In RP, the stressed syllable of either has /aɪ/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /i/
In RP, the first syllable of schedule is pronounced /ʃe/, while in GA it is … /ske/
In RP, the word shone has /ɒ/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /oʊ/
In RP, the stressed syllable of tomato has /ɑː/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /eɪ/
In RP, the word vase has /ɑː/ as its vowel, while in GA it has … /eɪ/
The name of the letter Z is /zed/ in RP, while in GA it is … /zi/
The endings -ary/ory are pronounced /eəri/ and /ɔːri/, resp., in GA, while in RP they are pronounced … /ərɪ/
The word spelt axe in BrE is in AmE spelt … ax
The word spelt cheque in BrE is in AmE spelt … check
The word spelt draught in BrE is in AmE spelt … draft
The word spelt gaol in BrE is in AmE spelt … jail
The word spelt grey in BrE is in AmE spelt … gray
The word spelt jewellery in BrE is in AmE spelt … jewelry
The word spelt kerb in BrE is in AmE spelt … curb
Words spelt -our (e.g., colour) in BrE are in AmE spelt … -or, color
Words spelt -re (e.g, centre) in BrE are in AmE spelt … -er, center
Using have ‘possess’ as an auxiliary, e.g., I haven’t (got) a car, is typically BrE, while in AmE it is typically used as a main verb, e.g., … I don’t have a car
In some cases where BrE has present perfect, esp. with adverbs like just, already, yet, still, AmE has … simple past
Certain verbs like dream have regular pt and ppt forms in AmE, i.e., dreamed, while in BrE these forms are irregular, i.e., … dreamt, dreamt
Certain verbs like dive have regular pt and ppt forms in BrE, i.e., dived, while in AmE these forms are irregular, i.e., … dove, dove
The ppt of get is got in BrE, while in AmE it is … gotten
In (conservative) BrE, it is possible to replace will (future) and would in first persons by (give both, resp.) … shall, should
A phrase like really good has the typically AmE alternative … real good
A phrase like meet sy has the typically AmE alternative … meet with sy
A phrase like Monday to Friday has the typically AmE alternative … Monday through Friday
A phrase like different from has the typically AmE alternative … different than
A phrase like at the weekend has the typically AmE alternative … on the weekend
A phrase like five past six has the typically AmE alternative … five after six
The typically AmE word cookie corresponds in BrE to … biscuit
The typically BrE word maize corresponds in AmE to … corn
The typically AmE expression french fries corresponds in BrE to … chips
The typically AmE word backpack corresponds in BrE to … rucksack
The typically BrE word trousers corresponds in AmE to … pants
The typically AmE word diaper corresponds in BrE to … nappy
The typically BrE word flat (noun) corresponds in AmE to … apartment
The typically AmE word elevator corresponds in BrE to … lift
The typically AmE word garbage corresponds in BrE to … rubbish
The typically AmE word mortician corresponds in BrE to … undertaker
The typically BrE word banknote corresponds in AmE to … bill
The typically AmE word store (noun) corresponds in BrE to … shop
The typically AmE word attorney corresponds in BrE to … solicitor
The typically BrE word lorry corresponds in AmE to … truck
The typically BrE word underground (railway) corresponds in AmE to … subway
The typically AmE word gas(oline) corresponds in BrE to … petrol
The typically AmE word baggage corresponds in BrE to … luggage
The typically AmE word dorm(itory) corresponds in BrE to … student hostel, hall of residence
The typically BrE expression full stop (punctuation mark) corresponds in AmE to … period
The word autumn has the AmE alternative … fall
