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This document contains exercises from Chapter 8 of the textbook "English Phonetics and Phonology" by Peter Roach. It includes written exercises where students fill in blanks with terms related to phonotactics. It also includes audio exercises where students listen to words and identify the number of consonants at the beginning or end of each word. The answers to the exercises are provided at the end.

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EPP WS ExtraExercisesU08

This document contains exercises from Chapter 8 of the textbook "English Phonetics and Phonology" by Peter Roach. It includes written exercises where students fill in blanks with terms related to phonotactics. It also includes audio exercises where students listen to words and identify the number of consonants at the beginning or end of each word. The answers to the exercises are provided at the end.

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English Phonetics and Phonology

A practical course
Fourth edition Peter Roach

Chapter 8

Written Exercise

Fill in the gaps in the sentences.

1 The study of phoneme sequences is called .

2 A group of consonants at the beginning or end of a syllable is called a consonant .

3 When there are three consonants at the beginning of a syllable, the first consonant must be
and the third will be one of four consonants , ,
and .

4 In the three-consonant sequences at the beginning of a syllable like ‘spray’ spreɪ we say that the s
consonant is in position, the p consonant is in position and the r
consonant is in position.

5 In deciding on how to divide words into syllables, the principle that favours attaching as many
consonants as possible to the right-hand syllable is called the principle.

6 In a three-consonant sequence at the end of a syllable, such as ‘banks’ bæŋks we say that the ŋ is in
position, the k in position and the s in position.

7 The phoneme sequence ŋɔːl could not possibly be an English word. True or false? .

8 The phoneme sequence krelpt could not possibly be an English word. True or false? .

9 The phoneme sequence hɒŋ could not possibly be an English word. True or false? .

10 The phoneme sequence strʊ could not possibly be an English word. True or false? .

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Answers to Written Exercise Chapter 8

1 phonotactics

2 cluster

3 s      l      r      w      j

4 pre-initial      initial      post-initial

5 maximal onsets

6 pre-final      final      post-final

7 true

8 false

9 false

10 true

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Chapter 8

Audio Exercises

A The words in the following list all begin with one or more consonants. Listen to the word, then
choose from the drop-down menu the number of consonant phonemes you heard.

1 <select>

2 <select>

3 <select>

4 <select>

5 <select>

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B The words in this list all end in one or more consonants. Listen to the word, then choose from the
drop-down menu the number of consonant phonemes you heard at the end of the word.

1 <select>

2 <select>

3 <select>

4 <select>

5 <select>

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Answers to Audio Exercises Chapter 8

(A)
1 2 glass glɑːs

2 3 scrape skreɪp

3 1 shoe ʃuː

4 2 stick stɪk

5 3 sprang spræŋ

(B)
1 2 last lɑːst

2 3 risked rɪskt

3 2 don’t dəʊnt

4 4 twelfths twelfθs

5 3 crisps krɪsps

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