CT Script Morphology & Phonetics 2

Question 1

In transliteration, what term describes a single written character that represents a consonant-vowel unit rather than a single phoneme?

Accepted Answer

Syllabograph

Answer

A syllabograph (or syllabic character) represents an entire consonant-vowel syllable unit, as found in syllabic scripts like Cherokee or Japanese kana.

Question 2

Which feature of Arabic script most directly affects transliteration decisions for short vowels?

Accepted Answer

The abjad nature that omits short vowels by default

Answer

Arabic is an abjad where short vowels are typically unwritten, requiring transliterators to choose a convention for representing vowel sounds that are absent from the source text.

Question 3

When a source-language phoneme has no equivalent in the target writing system, the transliterator's primary strategy is to:

Accepted Answer

Use the closest approximate symbol or digraph

Answer

Standard transliteration practice uses the closest approximate symbol or a digraph/diacritic combination to represent phonemes absent from the target script.

Question 4

The Cyrillic letter 'щ' is typically transliterated into Latin script as:

Accepted Answer

shch

Answer

The Cyrillic 'щ' represents a long palato-alveolar fricative and is conventionally transliterated as 'shch' in most international standards including ISO 9.

Question 5

In phonetic morphology, an 'allomorph' most relevantly affects transliteration when:

Accepted Answer

A morpheme changes its phonetic form depending on context

Answer

Allomorphs are variant phonetic forms of the same morpheme; a transliterator must decide whether to represent the underlying form or the surface phonetic realization.

(CT) Certificate of Transliteration Practice Test

(CT) Certificate of Transliteration Practice Test

CT Script Morphology & Phonetics 2