THE EXAMINER. PHONOLOGY. REMARK.-The following references in questions on Phonology and Orthography, are to Wright's Analytical Orthography, and Sanders' New Speller. 1 What is language? See p. 19, Orthog. 3 What are they? In what does each consist? 4 How many and what forms has artificial language? 5 What is spoken language? Written? 7 What is an elementary sound? 8 How many elementary sounds in the Eng lish language? 9 Are words made of these sounds? 10 How are the elementary sounds produced? 11 What are the principal organs of speech? 12 How is the voice produced? 13 What is the sub-vocal? 14 What are the whispering letters called? 15 What are cognate letters? 16 What is synthesis? 17 What is spelling? 18 Spell by sound the following words: apt, acts, dilate, commotion, extemporaneous, incommunicability. ORTHOGRAPHY, P. 39. 1 What is orthography? 6 What is the first class? 7 66 second " 8 What is a vowel? 9 How many vowels are there? 10 What does each vowel constitute? 11 Name the single letters which represent vowel sounds. 12 Name the respective sounds of each vowel separately. 13 Define a consonant. 14 When is y a consonant? 15 Is w ever a vowel? 16 Name the vowels, then the consonants, in the following words: bland, civil, deputy, fashion, judge, kingly, question, rational, suicide, wickedly. Example-zebra, think, which. 18 How are combinations treated? P. 43. 21 What letters are mutes? 22 66 semi-vowels? 23 What letters are called liquids? Why? 24 What does organical mean? P. 45. 25 What are the principal organs of speech? 26 Into how many families may the consonants be divided? 27 Name them. P. 46. 28 How are the labials made? Palatals? Dentals? Linguals? 29 What letters are labials? Dentals? Linguals? Palatals? 30 Select first the labials, second the dentals, third the linguals, fourth the palatals, in the following words book, paper, snow, illustrate, keepsake, amazement. 31 How are the consonants naturally divided? P. 47. 32 What are the sub-vocals? Aspirates? 33 Of what does a dipthong consist? P. 51. 34 How many diphthongs are there? Repeat the list. 35 How many diphthongal sounds are there? 36 What are ou and ow called? Why? 66 37 What are oi and oy 66 42 What is a syllable? P. 54. 43 Name the different kinds of syllables and define each. 44 What is essential to every syllable? Why? 45 To what does every consonant belong? 46 When is a consonant antecedent to a vowel? 47 When is a consonant consequent to a vowel? 48 How many syllables do words have? 49 How must the letters of a word be arranged into syllables? 50 How are derivative words divided into syllables? 51 How are compound words divided into syllables? 52 How may a word be separated at the end of a line? 53 What is a substitute? P. 61. 54 How many substitutes has a long? What are they? 55 How many substitutes has a short? Ans. None. 56 How many substitutes has a medial? What are they? 57 How many substitutes has a flat? Ans. None. 58 How many substitutes has a broad? What are they? 59 How many substitutes has e long? What are they? 60 How many substitutes has e short? What are they? 61 How many substitutes has 2 long? What are they? 62 How many substitutes has i short? What are they? 63 How many substitutes has o long? What are they? 64 How many substitutes has o short? What are they? 65 How many substitutes has o slender? Ans. None. 66 How many substitutes has u long? What are they? 67 How many substitutes has u short? What are they? 68 How many substitutes has u medial? What are they? 69 How many substitutes have b and d? Ans. None. 70 How many substitutes has f? What are they? 71 How many substitutes has g? 74 How many substitutes hask? What are they? 75 How many substitutes has l? m?n? r? Ans. None. |