In English, the nasal sounds and the ______ could form a peak of a syllable, they are syllabic consonants.
A. Fricatives
B. liquids
C. Glides
D. Affricates
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The different phonemes in a language arecapable of distinguishing the meaning of the words in that languageare said to be in _____.
A. a.complementary distribution
B. b. phonemic contrast
C. c. minimal pair
D. d. None of the above.
Which of the following consonant clusters is not acceptable in English?
A. spl-
B. skw-
C. srk-
D. spj-
For the word “irregular”, the negative prefix ir- originally comes from the negative prefix in- because of the ___________.
A. sequential rule
B. segment deletion rule
C. assimilation rule
D. segment insertion rule
Which one of the following CANNOT be considered as a minimal pair?
A. but-bat
B. but-bus
C. but-put
D. but-cut