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  • According to tenseness, vowels can be tense and ...
    lax
  • According to the character of vowel end, vowels can be ... and ...
    free and checked
  • Allophones are said to be in ... distribution if the difference in their articulation doesn't change the meaning of a word.
    complementary
  • L. Hjelmslev proposed the ... theory of phonemes.
    abstract
  • Modification of vowels may affect their quantity and ...
    quality
  • Liquids and glides are called ...
    approximants
  • According to muscular tension, consonants can be ... and ...
    fortis and lenis
  • [aʊ], [əʊ] are ... diphthongs.
    back-gliding
  • Assimilation of consonants changing their place of articulation is always ...
    regressive
  • The first sound in a diphthong is called ...
    nucleus
  • Synonym for "deletion" is ... of consonants.
    elision
  • /ʧ/, /ʤ/ are ... according to manner of articulation
    affricates
  • A type of vowels combining features of monophthongs and diphthongs is ...
    diphthongoids
  • Non-distinctive features of phonemes can be incidental (redundant) and ...
    indispensable (concomitant)
  • A type of allophones which is not affected by its position
    principal
  • Environment of phonemes is their ...
    distribution