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A) They were proven to be grammatically incorrect B) They were banned by the BBC C) They have become outdated or not evidence-based D) They lacked written records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