Question

Mark all of the statement that are true.

a)The word postpone has three aspirated stops.

b) The word act has an unreleased t

c)When a liquid is next to a voiceless stop, it loses some voicing

d) [k] can have an advanced articulation if followed by a front vowel.

e)[n] acquired dentalization in the word tenth

f)In the word comfort, the [m] is pronounced as [?]

g)[k] acquires labialization or lip rounding in the word queen

h)When a vowel is next to a nasal consonant the vowel becomes nasalized

i)The word too has an unaspirated t

j)[t] can have a retracted articulation when followed by a back vowel

Answer 1

a. The word postponed has 3 aspirated stops as there 3 areas where the word reuires force to be applied

b. The word act has an unreleased t as the t at the end is an unreleased consonent

e) (n) acquired dentalization in ghe word tenth as it makes the tongue tip touch the teeth

g) (k) acquires labialization or lip rounding in the word queen as the lips need to be rounded while pronouncing it

h) when the vowel is next to a nasal consonant the vowel becomes nasalised as the rules that the vowels near a nasal consonent get nasalised but phenomic distinction between it being nasal or oral is absent