INTONATION QUIZ - Leticia Corbo, Gustavo Moraes and Angela Thomas
Intonation Mastery Quiz
Test your knowledge of intonation with our engaging quiz! Discover the key elements of pitch variation and tone languages while enhancing your understanding of speech patterns. Whether you're a teacher, student, or just curious about linguistics, this quiz is for you!
- 11 thought-provoking questions
- Multiple choice and checkbox formats
- Learn about tone units and pitch ranges
What is the most important part of intonation?
Pitch
Phonemes
Syllables
Functions
What conditions are necessary for pitch differences to be linguistically significant? Check all that apply
Have contrast
Have different frequency
Be under the speaker's control
Be perceptible (without the aid of an instrument)
Have vowel sounds
Which of the following languages are tone languages? Check all that apply
French
Thai
Punjabi
Spanish
English
Chines
Vietnamese
German
What are the three simple possibilities of tone? Check all that apply
Boring
Level
Neutral
Rising
Questioning
Falling
How do we call the area of variation between a person's highest pitch and their lowest?
Pitch perfect
Pitch range
Middle pitch
Tonic syllable
What are some common functions in English tones? Check all that apply
Level
Questioning
Limited agreement
Fall-rise
Approval
Rise-fall
Hesitation
Fall
Rise
Neutral
What is the term used for the minimal unit that can carry intonation?
Stressed-unit
Tone-unit
Tonic syllable
Pitch
Which of the following are parts of the structure of a tone-unit? Check all that apply
Head
Pre-head
Fall-rise
Tonic head
Head
Tail
Toes
Tonic syllable
What part of the tone-unit is always present?
Head
Tonic syllable
Pre-head
Tail
What function sounds boring or uninteresting?
Rise
Level
Fall
Fall-rise
Rise-fall
What is a characteristic of all syllables in the pre-head?
They are stressed
They are unstressed
They are prominent
They are silent
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