Distinctive features, phonotactics, and consonant cluster

The area of phonology concerned with the description of the permitted sound sequences of a language is called .....

• Distinctive features

• Phonetics

• Phonotactics

• Phonemes

The English consonant /ŋ/ can be found in initial, middle, and final positions.

• True

• False

The English consonants [w] and [h] do not occur at the end of words.  

• True

• False

Which arrangement is the permissible English phonotactics? 

• /ps-/

• /pr-/

• /mb-/

• /hl-/

Which arrangement violate English phonotactics?

• /vl-/

• /gl-/

• /bl-/

• /ʃl-/

The permissible sequence of three English final consonants is .... 

•  /-dnp/

• /-lmʃ/

• /-nfs/

• /-nts/

The following are the phonotactics of English which are not allowed in initial position, EXCEPT .... 

• Stop + stop 

• Nasal + stop 

• Stop + nasal 

• Stop + approximant

The following are some possible combinations of two final consonants, EXCEPT ...

• Stop + stop

• Nasal + nasal

• Fricative + fricative 

• Stop + fricative

The class of consonants articulated by friction of air is known as .... 

• Sibilant

• Continuant

• Consonantal

• Anterior

The sounds which have the feature [+labial] are .... 

•  [p, t, f]

• [p, b, g]

• [b, m, w]

• [b, m, n]