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Description of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language.
a) Phonetics
b) Suprasegmentals
c) Phonology
d) Minimal pairs

Meaning-distinguishing sounds in a language.
a) phonology
b) phonemes
c) allophones
d) minimal pairs

Different versions of one phoneme.
a) allophones
b) phones
c) minimal pairs
d) aspiration

Phonotactics is the inherent knowledge of sound patterns acceptable in a specific language
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

An open syllable consists of a vowel and a consonant.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The coda is the initial consonant in a syllable.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The process of making two sounds almost at the same time.
a) assimilation
b) ellision
c) nasalization
d) coarticulation

Process of not pronouncing a sound segment that may be present in the deliberately careful pronunciation of a word in isolation.
a) elision
b) nasalization
c) coarticulation
d) assimilation

Can vowels be voiceless?
a) yes
b) no
c)
d)

pan,pen, pin, pun
a) Minimal pair
b) Minimal set
c) Natural class
d) Allophones

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