Consonants are sounds produced with the ............. to the airflow because of the closure of two articulators.

................. is the change of one sound under the influence of another sound.

In terms of the ............. of articulation, English consonants are classified into nine types.

..............is the pattern of pitch changes in utterances to convey the meaning.

From the point of view of ................., the stressed syllables are put more muscular energy than the unstressed ones.

Elision is the ........... of sound(s) in rapid natural speech.

Tonic syllable is the primarily .............. syllable of the most important word in the tone unit.

In derived words, ........... do not affect the placement of stress.

In general, stress will never fall on a............ containing a schwa or a syllabic consonant

Grammatical words are usually in the .......... forms in speech.