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Use of addresses like "Sir" or "Madam" is an example of ... deixis.
social
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Liquids and glides are called ...
approximants
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Modification of vowels may affect their quantity and ...
quality
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... sub-divided illocutionary act into sub-types (assertive, directive, commissive, etc.)
J. Searle
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Describe the hierarchy of prosodic units
syllable - rhythmic unit - syntagm - utterance - hyperutterance - phonetic paragraph - text
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L. Hjelmslev proposed the ... theory of phonemes.
abstract
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Use of both standard and territorial / stylistic variants of the same language by the same individual in different social situations is ...
diglossia
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Avoiding ambiguity is related to the maxim of ...
manner
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A type of allophones which is not affected by its position
principal
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The types of Received Pronunciation are ...
A. Gimson: conservative / general / advanced & P. Trudgill, J. Hannah: near
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[aʊ], [əʊ] are ... diphthongs.
back-gliding
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Antonym for "allegro" is ...
lento
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/ʧ/, /ʤ/ are ... according to manner of articulation
affricates
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Name three prosodic notation systems you know.
Possible answers: D. Bolinger (Different heights of text), K. Pike (Intonation contour system), R. Kingdon (Tonetic stress-mark system), etc.
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"He pretended to be a doctor." Which type of pre-supposition does this statement possess?
non-factive
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Describe functions & sub-functions of intonation providing examples
constitutive (segmentative & delimitative), distinctive (communicative, modal, culminative, syntactic, stylistic), identificatory
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