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Top Phonologist Interview Questions & Answers:

1. Tell me what is glottal stop?

a sound made by stopping air as it passes through your throat. In some varieties of spoken English a glottal stop is often used instead of a ‘t' sound in the middle or at the end of a word.

2. What is stressed adjective?

linguistics a stressed word or syllable (=part of a word) is pronounced more loudly or with greater force than other words or syllables

3. What is phoneme noun?

an individual speech sound that makes one word different from another. For example, the ‘b' and ‘f' in ‘bill' and ‘fill'.

4. What is hiatus?

linguistics a pause between two vowel sounds that come one after the other, for example in the word naive

5. What is semi-vowel noun?

a speech sound that is sometimes pronounced as a vowel but is considered to be a consonant, for example ‘y'

6. What is elision?

the practice of leaving a sound out when you say a word or group of words, for example when you say it quickly in ordinary conversation

7. What is syllabic consonant noun?

a consonant sound which forms a syllable on its own, for example the second syllable of the word ‘garden' when the schwa sound is not pronounced

8. What is liquid?

linguistics the sound ‘l' or ‘r'

9. What is aspiration?

linguistics the sound produced when you pronounce something by breathing air out through your mouth

10. What is intonation?

the way in which your voice rises or falls when you speak

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