NA1.

Consonants are sounds produced with the ___ to the airflow because of the closure of two

articulators

___ is the change of one sound under the influence of another sound.

In terms of the ___ of articulation, English consonants are classified into nine types.

___ is the pattern of pitch changes in utterances to convey the meaning.

. From the point of view of ___, the stressed syllables are put more muscular energy than the

unstressed ones

Elision is the ___ of sound(s) in rapid natural speech.

7. Tonic syllable is the primarily ___ syllable of the most important word in the tone unit.

8. In derived words, ___ do not affect the placement of stress.

. In general, stress will never fall on a ___containing a schwa or a syllabic consonant.

10. Grammatical words are usually in the ___ forms in speech.