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theory and practice of university phonetics

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Sound /t/ is...

consonant, alveolar, voiceless

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Name the types of syllables in English

open, closed, open + r, closed + r

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Sound /o/ is...

vowel, tense, mid-back, short, monophthong, bilabial (rounded)

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What parameters do you classify vowels by?

Length, stability of articulation, tongue position, lip position

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Describe the intonation in special (question word) questions

It goes down at the end of the phrase

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Describe the intonation in general (yes/no) questions

It goes up at the end of the phrase

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Describe the intonation in alternative ("or") questions

It goes up at the every element but the last

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Sound /i/ is....

monophthong, short, front, unrounded

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Which sounds in English are especially difficult for a Russian speaker?

æ, a:, w, r, ð, θ

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What is the graphic representation of tongue position (when pronouncing vowels) and how does it work?

vowels' trapeze, it has rows and rises showing where your tongue is

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What's the difference between voiced and voiceless consonant sounds?

the amount of air/tension going through your vocal cords

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Which consonant sounds are called nasal?

m, n

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Name 5 active speech organs

-any 5-

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Name 6 passive speech organs

-any 5-

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Which words are practically never stressed in a phrase

"technical" parts of speech: prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, particles, auxillary verbs...

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Which human organs can only perform the speech function?

None. Speech is only the secondary function of all organs involved

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