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Worksheet time: 11mins
Allophones are
the smallest contrastive phonological unit which can produce a difference in meaning
the variants of each phoneme
Fortis consonants...
are voiceless.
are voiced.
have no energy counterpart.
are voiceless plosives, fricatives and affricates.
Devoicing
occurs when voiced consonants lose their voice when they are followed or preceded by voiceless consonants
occurs when voiceless consonants lose either part or all their voice,
occurs when voiced consonants lose either part or all their voice, according to the phonetic environment
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /j/ /w/ /l/ /r/
are lenis consonants
are voiced and have no energy counterpart
are plosive consonant sounds
All the options are correct!
The devoiced sounds here /hɪ hæd ten bɒksɪz/ are:
(a)
This [ɦ] is the ... h
(a)
Intervocalic h occurs
when voiceless h gets voiced when surrounded by vowels
when voiced h loses part or all their voice when followed or preceded by voiceless consonants
when voiced h loses part or all their voice when followed or preceded by a pause
Smooth transition is a linking feature which consists of...
The difference between linking /r/ and intrusive /r/ is...
