Unit 8 The Syllable

Can the velar nasal consonant happen after long vowels?

Answer explanation

The velar nasal is never after long vowels

Omision of a sound in speech

This short vowel never happens in stress syllables, only uccurs in unstressed syllables

Texts (Allophonic transcription and distribution)

Words only have one stress

• True

• False

Answer explanation

There are words with two stress for examples Japanese

What's the name for the 2 stress in a word?

A Word always have the same stress? For example, the Word Japanese

Answer explanation

False, if we add another word is modified

'Japanese ‚Journalist

Weak and strong form

FOR

What are the two sorts of asimilation?

Answer explanation

Progressive and regressive asimilation

This Word belongs to the group of 3-consonsnt clusters on the coda. What type is it?

TEXTS

• Type 1

• Type 2

Answer explanation

It's type 2 with final, post final 1 and post final 2 because the type 1 is with pre final and the only pre final consonants are l m n velar nasal and s