Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

assimilation rules

Are the following combinations of phonemes permissible in English? If not, please give your reasons.
[lkid], [rbæt], [wksi], [prsil].

Directions：Answer the following questions.

Explain the deletion rule with examples.

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.

assimilation rule

When we pronounce the long vowels [i:] or [u:], our（ ）, which is a bony structure at the end of the windpipe, is in a state of tension.

The a rule assimilates one sound to another by "copying” a feature of a sequential phoneme. 

According to（ ）, vowels can be classified into three groups: front, central, and back.

A  front vowel is one in the production of which the front part of the tongue maintains the （）position.

In terms of place of articulation, the two English consonants ［f］,［v］are（）.

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.

Phonological rules are not language specific, i.e. once proved to be valid, they can be applied to all languages.

The sounds that begin and end the words church and judge are voiceless and voiced（ ）, respectively. 

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so.

Certain strings of phonemes are permissible and others are not. If a word begins with an/l/or/r/, the next segment must be a vowel. That is why /lbIk/does not sound like an English word. It violates the restriction on the sequencing of phonemes.

Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

broad transcription

Of the following consonants,（ ）is dental.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

The phonemes of a language cannot be strung together in any random order to form words. The phonological system determines which phonemes can begin a word, end a word, and follow each other, in other words, there are s rules that govern the combination of sounds in a particular language.

（）are sometimes called “ semivowels” .

When the obstruction created by the speech organ is complete, the speech sound produced with the obstruction audibly released and the air passing out again is called a(n) （ ）.

Directions: Explain the following term and give examples for illustration where appropriate. 

assimilation rule

The sound [ p] is a voiceless bilabial（）.

Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

The patterning of sounds in a particular language is not governed by rules.