Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 English Language Question 36

Practice objective / multiple choice question 36 from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 English Language examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 English Language Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 36 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2024 • ENGLISH_LANGUAGE • objective

In a particular dialect, the phoneme /t/ is realized as a glottal stop [ʔ] when it occurs after a nasal consonant at the end of a word. Consider the following four words with their underlying phonemic transcriptions: 1. bat - /bæt/ 2. can't - /kænt/ 3. plant - /plænt/ 4. wet - /wɛt/ (a) Identify which of the words undergo the /t/ → [ʔ] change. (b) Write the surface phonetic transcription of each word that undergoes the change.

Answer Options

A. bat and wet; [bæʔ], [wɛʔ]
B. bat and plant; [bæʔ], [plæʔ]
C. can't and wet; [kæʔ], [wɛʔ]
Correct Answer D. can't and plant; [kæʔ], [plæʔ]
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
can't and plant; [kæʔ], [plæʔ]

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 English Language Question 36. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 English Language examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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