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Suggest one-word/phrase answers to the following

statements/questions:

№ Question Answer

1 Words can be cut up into units called …
2 Do syllables serve any meaning-signalling

function in language?
3 A word contains at least … syllable

4 Each word can be cut up into … called

syllables
5 There are … syllable types

6 … and sonorants are syllable-forming

elements
7 How many degrees of word stress are singled

out in English?

8 The limit for the number of syllables in
English is … …

9 What symbol is used to designate a syllabic
consonant?

10 How is the syllable preceding the stressed

syllable designated?

Answer the following questions:

1) Define the notion syllable.

2) Tell the difference between language and speech.
3) Enumerate the syllable types.

4) What are the functions of the syllable?
5) What information does the word stress contain?

12. Write the report.

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