A practical courseFourth edition
English Phonetics and Phonology
Peter Roach
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Chapter 14
Written Exercise
Fill in the gaps in the following sentences.
1 English is said to have rhythm.
2 The basic unit of speech rhythm is the .
3 When the phoneme t changes to p in the context football, there
is assimilation of of .
4 When the phoneme v changes to f in the context have to, there
is assimilation of .
5 When a word-initial consonant causes a change in a final
consonant at the end of the word that precedes it, the assimilation
is called .
6 In a syllable in which is followed by l or n, the vowel may
disappear, resulting in l or n becoming .
7 When r is used to link a word ending with letter r in its
spelling to a following vowel, we say there is a r.
8 When r is used to link a word that does not end with letter r
in its spelling to a following vowel, we say the r is .
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Chapter 14
Audio Exercise
This exercise presents juncture pairs, where you must decide
where the boundary between words occurs. Listen to pronunciations A
and B, then listen to pronunciation X and decide whether it is the
same as A or B.
A B X
1 keep laying key playing
2 might rain my train
3 he lies heal eyes
4 keep sticking keeps ticking
5 grey tape great ape
6 ice cream I scream
7 tea chart teach art
8 my seat mice eat
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