Phonetic

the weakening of vowels in unstressed positions is ...

• Aspiration

• Reduction

• Palatalization

Reduction can be qualitative and ...

• quantitative

• only qualitative

• Unstressed

True or False: Palatalization is a phonetic phenomenon in which a voiced consonant phoneme becomes voiceless one at the end of the word

• True

• False

is the complete omission of the unstressed vowel which is realized in connected speech under the influence of tempo, rhythm and style of speech is...

• Elision

• Zero reduction

• Palatalization

• Assimilation

Aspiration can occur at the end of the word

• True

• False

Choose plosives sounds:

• tʃ, θ, dʒ

• l, m, n

• s, z, f

• p, t, k

Pit, Apart - choose aspirated sound

• pit - p

  Apart - p

• pit - t

  Apart - t

• pit - p

  Apart - t

• pit - t

  Apart - p

the shortening of long vowel phonemes in connected speech is

• A quantitative reduction

• A qualitative reduction

• Zero reduction

the change of quality of vowel phonemes in stressed or unstressed syllables

• A quantitative reduction

• A qualitive reduction

• Zero reduction

Affricates, on the other hand, start as _____and end as _____

• plosives/fricatives

• fricatives/plosives

• africatives/plosives