Questão 3166223

Língua Inglesa · 2025

Questão

ID 3166223

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

Assunto: Fonética e Pronúncia | Phonetics And Pronunciation

Ano: 2025 Banca: FACET Concursos Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Congo

In Received Pronunciation (RP), the word bath is pronounced /bɑːθ/, while in General American it is /bæθ/.

Which concept explains this phenomenon?

Alternativa A:
Monophthongization resulting from historical assimilation between alveolar and velar sounds.
Alternativa B:
Consonant cluster simplification typical of syllable-timed rhythm in non-standard dialects.
Alternativa C:
Suprasegmental variation reflecting intonation pattern rather than segmental vowel difference.
Alternativa D:
Vowel shift conditioned by sociolinguistic prestige and regional phonological environment.
Alternativa E:
Prosodic reduction caused by stress shift, producing identical vowel quality across dialects.