Task 1 - Paper 1

•A language where the rhythm is determined by the number of stressed syllables, so the others become squashed. For example: English and Arabic. Opposite: syllable-timed: (a)  

•A feature of connected speech when a sound changes to another sound because of a neighbouring sound e.g. in ten boys /n/ followed by /b/ changes to /m/ as in /tembøˆz/: (a)  

•A class of speech sounds produced with a midline obstruction by raising the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth that causes sound to be emitted laterally as in the case of the first sound in the word 'law

(a)  

•A consonant sound where the flow of air is partially constricted and released slowly (e.g.

/f/, /v/, /s/, /z/.)

(a)  

•A consonant sound in which the air flow is initially stopped, but then is released slowly with friction e.g. /tß/: (a)  

•In phonetics and phonology, it is also called consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. For example: This site /ðis sai t/: (a)