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Quiz | The sound patterns of language

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The questions in this quiz are from The Study of Language (THIRD EDITION) book written by GEORGE YULE.

This quiz is not only for BSED majoring in English but also for everyone, especially YOU!. . .

It contains different questions about the topic mentioned above. So, jump right in, and enjoy the quiz!

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#1. (fan–van, bet–bat, site–side) are

#2. the process of making one sound virtually at the same time as the next sound

#3. the vowel in a syllable

#4. constraints on the permissible combination of sounds in a language

#5. the part of a syllable after the vowel

#6. ends with a consonant (as coda)

#7. a physically produced speech sound, representing one version of a phoneme

#8. a unit of sound consisting of a vowel and optional consonants before or after the vowel

#9. the part of the syllable containing the vowel plus any following consonant(s)

#10. two or more consonants in sequence

#11. a puff of air that sometimes accompanies the pronunciation of a stop

#12. the process whereby a feature of one sound becomes part of another during speech production

#13. the study of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in languages

#14. the smallest meaning-distinguishing sound unit in the abstract representation of the sounds of a language

#15. two (or more) words that are identical in form except for a contrast in one phoneme in the same position in each word

#16. the part of the syllable before the vowel

#17. ends with a vowel (as nucleus)

#18. pronunciation of a sound with air flowing through the nose, typically before a nasal consonant

#19. the process of leaving out a sound segment in the pronunciation of a word

#20. one of a closely related set of speech sounds or phones

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