Translate the following terms from English into Chinese.
minimal pairs
Answer the following questions.
What are the three conditions of a minimal pair?
Which of the following is a minimal pair?()
Which of the following is not a minimal pair?()
minimal set
Fill in each of the following blanks with a word or an expression.
Technically, in a pair, the two forms are different in meaning.
Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Write T for true or F for false in the blank offered after each statement.
Bilabials are different from dentals in terms of place of articulation.
Stops can be divided into two types: oral stops and stops .
According to the position of the velum, consonants are divided into oral consonants and consonants
The space between the vocal cords is called .
When the vocal cords are nearly touching each other but not completely closed ,the air-stream passing through the glottis has to cause vibration .The sounds made in this way are called consonants.
Triphthongs are produced by glide from one vowel to another rapidly and continuously.
When the vocal cords are spread apart ,the air-stream is not blocked at the glottis and it passes freely into the vocal tract without vocal-cord vibration .The sounds produced in this way are called consonants .
According to the presence or absence of vocal cord vibration ,the English consonants can be classified into two groups :voiced consonants and consonants .
Dentals are sounds( ).
In English ,there are three consonants .They are m ,n ,n .
minimal pair