Âm vị học

 What makes a syllable prominent?

• Loudness, length, pitch, quality

• Loudness, movement, length

• Pitch, quality, movement

• louder, production, pitch, quality

What levels of stress are there?

• stressed, unstressed

• primary, secondary, unstressed

• primary, secondary, stressed, unstressed

Fill in the blank:

A weak syllable has a syllable peak which consists of one of the vowels ə, i, u and no (a)   except when the vowel is ə.

Choose the primary stress in this word:

Open

• first syllable

• second syllable

Choose the primary stress in this word ( following UK):

Stalactite

• first syllable

• second syllable

• third syllable

Answer explanation

Choose the secondary level in the stress in this word:

anthropology

• first syllable

• second syllable

• third syllable

• fourth syllable

Answer explanation

Choose the secondary level in the stress in this word:

photographic

• second syllable

• first syllable

• third syllable

• fourth syllable

Answer explanation

Fill in the blank:

The (a)   of syllables has an important part to play in prominence.

Choose the primary stress in this word:

injury

• third syllable

• second syllable

• first syllable

Answer explanation

Choose the primary stress in this word:

disconnect

• first syllable

• second syllable

• third syllable

Answer explanation