BTLPT Spanish Phonology and Pronunciation 2

Question 1

The Spanish phoneme /s/ is realized as [z] (voiced) before which type of consonant?

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Before a voiced consonant due to assimilation

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Before any voiceless consonant

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Before a vowel at the start of the next word

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Before pause or word boundary

Question 2

In many Latin American Spanish dialects, the distinction between /s/, /ʃ/, and /θ/ (ceceo/seseo) results in:

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All three merged into /s/ (seseo)

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Three-way contrast preserved in all regions

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Ceceo dominating in Mexico and the Caribbean

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Seseo only occurring in highland regions

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of yeísmo in Spanish?

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Pronouncing 'll' and 'y' as the same sound

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Dropping final /s/ before a pause

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Aspirating /h/ in intervocalic position

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Merging /r/ and /l/ in coda position

Question 4

The Spanish orthographic accent (tilde) is required on a word like 'música' because:

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It ends in a vowel and is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable

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It ends in a vowel and is stressed on the penultimate syllable

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It ends in 'a' which always requires an accent

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Accent marks are required on all three-syllable words

Question 5

Which pair of words demonstrates a minimal pair based on the vowel phonemes /e/ and /i/ in Spanish?

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peso / piso

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casa / caso

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toro / toro

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luz / voz

Question 6

In Spanish, the fricative consonant /f/ is always:

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Voiceless in all environments

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Voiced in all environments

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Realized as [v] before voiced consonants

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Deleted in intervocalic position

Question 7

A bilingual teacher notices a student pronounces Spanish 'pero' with an English-style rhotic /r/. This is an example of:

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Phonological transfer (negative transfer) from L1 English

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Code-switching at the phonological level

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A regional Spanish dialectal feature

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Phonological borrowing from indigenous languages