Tricky questions.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 462.

· Give a brief overview of the adaptive modifications of vowels in speech continuum. Discuss the nature and effect of quantitative and qualitative changes both in English and in Russian. Give examples.

· Select and comment on some instances of sound alternations in Russian and English. What are they caused by?

· Point out the difference between phonemic and allophonic alternations. Give your own examples.

· Discuss the properties displayed by vowels in unstressed positions, considering them from articulatory and acoustic points of view.

· How can you account for the necessity of a separate study in phonology – morphophonemics? What does it investigate? What is phonemic neutralisation?

· Survey the concepts of neutralisation, put forward by scholars of different trends and schools.

· Why is the problem of neutralisation more significant for the Russian language? Give (and explain) some instances of this in both English and Russian.

· What is the distinction between the two phonetic styles: formal and informal (colloquial)? Give examples.

· What practical conclusions can you draw from the statement that the realisation of reduction and assimilation is connected with the style of speech?

· What are the phonetic peculiarities and processes distinguishing every pronunciation style in particular? Dwell on practical importance of these details.