A) A grammatical rulebook B) The standard accent C) A written vocabulary D) A regional dialect
A) Since the end of the 15th century B) Since the late 20th century C) Since the year 1818 D) Since the late 19th and early 20th century
A) Vocabulary and spelling B) Matters of pronunciation C) Regional dialects D) Grammar and style
A) Vocabulary, grammar, and style B) Phonetics and intonation C) Vowels and consonants D) Accent and stress
A) Its name, exact definition, and geographic neutrality B) Its modern dictionary definition C) Its phonetic transcription rules D) Its exact number of vowels
A) It has remained completely identical B) It has changed significantly C) It has completely disappeared D) It has become mandatory worldwide
A) They were proven to be grammatically incorrect B) They lacked written records C) They were banned by the BBC D) They have become outdated or not evidence-based
A) Mathematical logic courses B) Engineering lectures C) Primary school science classes D) Language education and comparative linguistics
A) An ancient dialect from the 15th century B) A written standard created by the BBC C) A foreign language spoken in northern England D) A newer variety that evolved from earlier RP
A) It has become the global standard for all languages B) It has diminished C) It has replaced all other English accents D) It has grown exponentially
A) Queen's English or King's English B) London Cockney or Estuary English C) Northern Standard or Scottish Standard D) Global English or Oxford English
A) By the end of the 15th century B) By the early 20th century C) By the year 1818 D) By the late 19th century
A) Only in grammar B) Yes C) No D) Only in vocabulary
A) During the later 19th century B) During the late 20th century C) During the 15th century D) During the 18th century
A) A rhotic dialect B) A highly rhotic dialect C) A variable rhotic dialect D) A non-rhotic dialect
A) Southeastern England B) Western Wales C) Eastern Ireland D) Northern Scotland
A) Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen B) London, Oxford, and Cambridge C) Durham, Bristol, and Manchester D) Eton, Harrow, and Rugby
A) Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin B) Eton, Harrow, and Rugby C) Winchester, Westminster, and St Paul's D) Oxford, Cambridge, and London
A) P. S. Du Ponceau B) Alexander John Ellis C) Henry C. K. Wyld D) Daniel Jones
A) English-Canadian B) French-American C) British-German D) American-Australian
A) Fowler's Modern English Usage B) The English Pronouncing Dictionary C) The BBC D) The Oxford English Dictionary
A) Sir John Reith B) Alexander John Ellis C) Daniel Jones D) P. S. Du Ponceau
A) It is spoken identically by everyone in England B) It was invented by Daniel Jones in 1917 C) There is no such thing as a uniform educated pronunciation D) It is strictly regulated by the government
A) By the year 1710 B) By the end of the 15th century C) By the turn of the century D) By the late 20th century
A) 1926 B) 1965 C) 1818 D) 1917
A) Alexander John Ellis B) P. S. Du Ponceau C) Daniel Jones D) Henry C. K. Wyld
A) Public school pronunciation B) Received Standard C) King's English D) Received Pronunciation
A) 1917 B) 1926 C) 1922 D) 1927
A) Because the King requested it B) For want of a better term C) Because it was scientifically proven D) Because P. S. Du Ponceau invented it
A) 1818 B) 1922 C) 1917 D) 1926
A) Sir John Reith B) Alexander John Ellis C) Daniel Jones D) Henry C. K. Wyld
A) Educated and aristocratic southeastern English B) Northern public school pronunciation C) American-influenced British English D) Cockney and Estuary English
A) Because Parliament passed a law requiring it B) Because it was widely understood globally C) Because Daniel Jones demanded it D) Because it was the cheapest accent to broadcast
A) Its plan to replace English with French B) Its goal to eliminate all public schools C) Its educational responsibility to use 'correct' spoken English D) Its duty to promote regional dialects
A) Received Standard B) King's English C) Public School Pronunciation D) Received Pronunciation
A) Daniel Jones B) Alexander John Ellis C) Henry C. K. Wyld D) Sir John Reith
A) The BBC Pronunciation Guide B) English Pronouncing Dictionary C) Fowler's Modern English Usage D) Oxford English Dictionary
A) Accepted or approved B) Written or published C) Transmitted or broadcast D) Heard or listened to
A) Received letter B) Received goods C) Received wisdom D) Received payment
A) Yes B) Only in Australia C) Only in North America D) No
A) Jack Windsor Lewis B) A. C. Gimson C) Beverley Collins D) Inger Mees
A) Australian B) Canadian C) British D) American
A) Standard Southern British B) Non-Regional Pronunciation C) Oxford English D) General British
A) 1980s B) 1970s C) 1950s D) 1960s
A) Upton and Cruttenden B) Gimson and Ramsaran C) Trudgill et al. D) Jane Stuart-Smith
A) Wells B) Ramsaran C) Gimson D) Cruttenden
A) High social class B) Working-class solidarity C) Northern regional identity D) Left-wing political views
A) William Ewart Gladstone B) Winston Churchill C) Benjamin Disraeli D) Robert Peel
A) 5% B) 25% C) 3% D) 10%
A) British prime ministers from the 19th century B) Some with left-wing political views C) Public boarding-school headmasters D) Conservative researchers
A) 25% B) 46% C) 10% D) 3%
A) 46% B) 5% C) 10% D) 25%
A) Lord Reith B) Daniel Jones C) Wilfred Pickles D) An unnamed German propagandist
A) First World War B) Boer War C) Cold War D) Second World War
A) A much smaller role B) An exclusively mandatory role C) A much larger role D) No role at all
A) Clive Upton B) Daniel Jones C) A. C. Gimson D) Peter Roach
A) 1952 B) 1972 C) 1982 D) 1962
A) Bilabial fricative B) Dental plosive C) Velar nasal D) Postalveolar approximant
A) [ɹ] B) [ɾ] C) [r] D) [ʀ]
A) stop B) spot C) compass D) impasse
A) bitten B) compass C) impasse D) attempt
A) A glottal stop B) A dental plosive C) A velar nasal D) A voiced fricative
A) Velarisation B) Aspiration C) Devoicing D) Glottal reinforcement
A) Whispered breath B) Dental fricative C) Creaky voice D) Nasal plosion
A) [əˈtʰemm̰t] B) [əˈtʰemʔt] C) [əˈtʰempd] D) [əˈtɛmpt]
A) A glottal stop B) A velar nasal C) A weak dental plosive D) A strong alveolar fricative
A) [nʔn] (a glottalized nasal) B) [n̪n̪] (a long dental nasal) C) [d̪d̪] (a long dental plosive) D) [ðn] (a reversed fricative)
A) Only before vowels B) In unstressed nasal syllables C) At the beginning of a syllable D) In the syllable rhyme
A) /ɪ/ B) /ʊ/ C) /ʌ/ D) /e/
A) /ɪ/ B) /ɒ/ C) /ə/ D) /ʊ/
A) /ʌ/ B) /æ/ C) /e/ D) /iː/
A) /ʌ/ B) /ə/ C) /uː/ D) /ɒ/
A) /ɪ/ B) /e/ C) /ɑː/ D) /æ/
A) /ɒ/ B) /ʊ/ C) /ʌ/ D) /ɔː/
A) /ɜː/ B) /ɪ/ C) /ə/ D) /ɛː/
A) /ɪ/ B) /uː/ C) /e/ D) /iː/
A) /ɔː/ B) /iː/ C) /uː/ D) /ʊ/
A) /ɛː/ B) /æ/ C) /ɜː/ D) /ɑː/
A) /ɛː/ B) /ə/ C) /ɜː/ D) /ʌ/
A) /ɔː/ B) /uː/ C) /ɒ/ D) /ɑː/
A) /ɜː/ B) /ɔː/ C) /ɑː/ D) /ʌ/
A) Diphthongal B) Monophthongal C) Clipped D) Triphthongal
A) ⟨ə, ʌ⟩ B) ⟨iː, uː⟩ C) ⟨ɪ, ʊ⟩ D) ⟨ɛə, eə⟩
A) Their context B) The speaker's gender C) Regional dialects only D) The number of syllables in a sentence
A) Happy-tensing B) Devoicing C) Vowel breaking D) Pre-fortis clipping
A) Shorter B) Longer C) More central D) Identical in length
A) 165 ms B) 150 ms C) 200 ms D) 172 ms
A) 140 ms B) 172 ms C) 165 ms D) 180 ms
A) Happy-tensing B) Monophthongisation C) Glottal reinforcement D) Pre-fortis clipping
A) Centring diphthongs B) Rising diphthongs C) Falling diphthongs D) Closing diphthongs
A) /ɔː/ B) /əʊ/ C) /eɪə/ D) /aɪə/
A) Progressive speakers B) Younger speakers C) Conservative speakers D) Foreign speakers
A) TRAP–BATH merger B) CURE–FORCE merger C) FOOT–STRUT merger D) TOWER–TIRE merger
A) /aɪ/ B) /ɔɪ/ C) /əʊ/ D) /eɪ/
A) l-palatalization B) l-vocalization C) l-deletion D) l-gemination
A) his B) None of the words C) fold D) cloak
A) /oʊə/ B) /aɪə/ C) /iːə/ D) /uːə/
A) /aɪə/ B) /əʊə/ C) /ɔɪə/ D) /aʊə/
A) /aʊə/ B) /eɪə/ C) /əʊə/ D) /aɪə/
A) loyal B) tower C) tire D) lower |