Received Pronunciation - Quiz
A) A grammatical rulebook B) A regional dialect C) The standard accent D) A written vocabulary
A) Since the year 1818 B) Since the late 20th century C) Since the late 19th and early 20th century D) Since the end of the 15th century
A) Vocabulary and spelling B) Matters of pronunciation C) Regional dialects D) Grammar and style
A) Accent and stress B) Vowels and consonants C) Phonetics and intonation D) Vocabulary, grammar, and style
A) Its phonetic transcription rules B) Its modern dictionary definition C) Its exact number of vowels D) Its name, exact definition, and geographic neutrality
A) It has completely disappeared B) It has changed significantly C) It has become mandatory worldwide D) It has remained completely identical
A) They were banned by the BBC B) They have become outdated or not evidence-based C) They were proven to be grammatically incorrect D) They lacked written records
A) Primary school science classes B) Language education and comparative linguistics C) Engineering lectures D) Mathematical logic courses
A) An ancient dialect from the 15th century B) A newer variety that evolved from earlier RP C) A written standard created by the BBC D) A foreign language spoken in northern England
A) It has become the global standard for all languages B) It has replaced all other English accents C) It has diminished D) It has grown exponentially
A) London Cockney or Estuary English B) Northern Standard or Scottish Standard C) Global English or Oxford English D) Queen's English or King's English
A) By the end of the 15th century B) By the year 1818 C) By the late 19th century D) By the early 20th century
A) No B) Only in grammar C) Yes D) Only in vocabulary
A) During the 18th century B) During the 15th century C) During the late 20th century D) During the later 19th century
A) A non-rhotic dialect B) A variable rhotic dialect C) A highly rhotic dialect D) A rhotic dialect
A) Western Wales B) Southeastern England C) Northern Scotland D) Eastern Ireland
A) London, Oxford, and Cambridge B) Eton, Harrow, and Rugby C) Durham, Bristol, and Manchester D) Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen
A) Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin B) Winchester, Westminster, and St Paul's C) Eton, Harrow, and Rugby D) Oxford, Cambridge, and London
A) P. S. Du Ponceau B) Daniel Jones C) Alexander John Ellis D) Henry C. K. Wyld
A) French-American B) English-Canadian C) American-Australian D) British-German
A) The English Pronouncing Dictionary B) The Oxford English Dictionary C) Fowler's Modern English Usage D) The BBC
A) Daniel Jones B) P. S. Du Ponceau C) Sir John Reith D) Alexander John Ellis
A) There is no such thing as a uniform educated pronunciation B) It was invented by Daniel Jones in 1917 C) It is strictly regulated by the government D) It is spoken identically by everyone in England
A) By the late 20th century B) By the end of the 15th century C) By the turn of the century D) By the year 1710
A) 1917 B) 1965 C) 1926 D) 1818
A) P. S. Du Ponceau B) Henry C. K. Wyld C) Alexander John Ellis D) Daniel Jones
A) Received Standard B) King's English C) Received Pronunciation D) Public school pronunciation
A) 1926 B) 1927 C) 1922 D) 1917
A) For want of a better term B) Because the King requested it C) Because P. S. Du Ponceau invented it D) Because it was scientifically proven
A) 1922 B) 1818 C) 1917 D) 1926
A) Henry C. K. Wyld B) Sir John Reith C) Daniel Jones D) Alexander John Ellis
A) Educated and aristocratic southeastern English B) American-influenced British English C) Northern public school pronunciation D) Cockney and Estuary English
A) Because it was widely understood globally B) Because it was the cheapest accent to broadcast C) Because Parliament passed a law requiring it D) Because Daniel Jones demanded it
A) Its educational responsibility to use 'correct' spoken English B) Its goal to eliminate all public schools C) Its plan to replace English with French D) Its duty to promote regional dialects
A) Received Pronunciation B) Received Standard C) King's English D) Public School Pronunciation
A) Daniel Jones B) Alexander John Ellis C) Henry C. K. Wyld D) Sir John Reith
A) Fowler's Modern English Usage B) English Pronouncing Dictionary C) Oxford English Dictionary D) The BBC Pronunciation Guide
A) Accepted or approved B) Transmitted or broadcast C) Heard or listened to D) Written or published
A) Received letter B) Received payment C) Received wisdom D) Received goods
A) Only in Australia B) No C) Only in North America D) Yes
A) Jack Windsor Lewis B) A. C. Gimson C) Inger Mees D) Beverley Collins
A) Australian B) Canadian C) American D) British
A) Non-Regional Pronunciation B) General British C) Oxford English D) Standard Southern British
A) 1960s B) 1950s C) 1970s D) 1980s
A) Gimson and Ramsaran B) Trudgill et al. C) Jane Stuart-Smith D) Upton and Cruttenden
A) Ramsaran B) Wells C) Gimson D) Cruttenden
A) Northern regional identity B) High social class C) Left-wing political views D) Working-class solidarity
A) Benjamin Disraeli B) Robert Peel C) William Ewart Gladstone D) Winston Churchill
A) 3% B) 5% C) 10% D) 25%
A) Conservative researchers B) British prime ministers from the 19th century C) Some with left-wing political views D) Public boarding-school headmasters
A) 3% B) 25% C) 46% D) 10%
A) 46% B) 5% C) 10% D) 25%
A) Lord Reith B) An unnamed German propagandist C) Daniel Jones D) Wilfred Pickles
A) Second World War B) Boer War C) Cold War D) First World War
A) A much smaller role B) An exclusively mandatory role C) No role at all D) A much larger role
A) A. C. Gimson B) Daniel Jones C) Peter Roach D) Clive Upton
A) 1982 B) 1962 C) 1972 D) 1952
A) Velar nasal B) Postalveolar approximant C) Bilabial fricative D) Dental plosive
A) [ɹ] B) [ɾ] C) [ʀ] D) [r]
A) compass B) spot C) stop D) impasse
A) bitten B) attempt C) impasse D) compass
A) A glottal stop B) A velar nasal C) A dental plosive D) A voiced fricative
A) Aspiration B) Glottal reinforcement C) Devoicing D) Velarisation
A) Whispered breath B) Nasal plosion C) Dental fricative D) Creaky voice
A) [əˈtɛmpt] B) [əˈtʰempd] C) [əˈtʰemʔt] D) [əˈtʰemm̰t]
A) A weak dental plosive B) A glottal stop C) A velar nasal D) A strong alveolar fricative
A) [d̪d̪] (a long dental plosive) B) [n̪n̪] (a long dental nasal) C) [ðn] (a reversed fricative) D) [nʔn] (a glottalized nasal)
A) In the syllable rhyme B) Only before vowels C) At the beginning of a syllable D) In unstressed nasal syllables
A) /ʊ/ B) /ʌ/ C) /e/ D) /ɪ/
A) /ɪ/ B) /ʊ/ C) /ɒ/ D) /ə/
A) /e/ B) /iː/ C) /ʌ/ D) /æ/
A) /ʌ/ B) /ə/ C) /ɒ/ D) /uː/
A) /e/ B) /ɪ/ C) /ɑː/ D) /æ/
A) /ʌ/ B) /ɒ/ C) /ɔː/ D) /ʊ/
A) /ɛː/ B) /ɜː/ C) /ə/ D) /ɪ/
A) /e/ B) /iː/ C) /uː/ D) /ɪ/
A) /ʊ/ B) /ɔː/ C) /uː/ D) /iː/
A) /æ/ B) /ɛː/ C) /ɑː/ D) /ɜː/
A) /ɛː/ B) /ɜː/ C) /ə/ D) /ʌ/
A) /uː/ B) /ɔː/ C) /ɒ/ D) /ɑː/
A) /ɜː/ B) /ʌ/ C) /ɑː/ D) /ɔː/
A) Diphthongal B) Clipped C) Monophthongal D) Triphthongal
A) ⟨iː, uː⟩ B) ⟨ə, ʌ⟩ C) ⟨ɪ, ʊ⟩ D) ⟨ɛə, eə⟩
A) The number of syllables in a sentence B) Regional dialects only C) Their context D) The speaker's gender
A) Happy-tensing B) Vowel breaking C) Pre-fortis clipping D) Devoicing
A) More central B) Longer C) Shorter D) Identical in length
A) 172 ms B) 165 ms C) 150 ms D) 200 ms
A) 172 ms B) 180 ms C) 140 ms D) 165 ms
A) Glottal reinforcement B) Pre-fortis clipping C) Monophthongisation D) Happy-tensing
A) Centring diphthongs B) Rising diphthongs C) Falling diphthongs D) Closing diphthongs
A) /əʊ/ B) /ɔː/ C) /aɪə/ D) /eɪə/
A) Progressive speakers B) Conservative speakers C) Foreign speakers D) Younger speakers
A) TOWER–TIRE merger B) CURE–FORCE merger C) TRAP–BATH merger D) FOOT–STRUT merger
A) /eɪ/ B) /ɔɪ/ C) /aɪ/ D) /əʊ/
A) l-deletion B) l-vocalization C) l-gemination D) l-palatalization
A) his B) fold C) cloak D) None of the words
A) /iːə/ B) /oʊə/ C) /aɪə/ D) /uːə/
A) /ɔɪə/ B) /aʊə/ C) /aɪə/ D) /əʊə/
A) /əʊə/ B) /aʊə/ C) /eɪə/ D) /aɪə/
A) tower B) loyal C) lower D) tire |
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