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LABORATORY WORK NO 2

Subject: The system of sounds

Function: to look through the classification of the English

Phonemes, to study the main subtypes (vowels and consonants)

and distinguish their differences

Classroom Procedures:

1. Read the theoretical part.

2. Write down all unfamiliar words with their transcription.
Translate them.

3. Find the notions Sonorants, Oral, Stops (plosives),
Obstruents, Nasal, Continuants, memorize them.

4. Make a glossary of the main notions and give their

definitions.
5. Memorize these definitions.

6. Test your knowledge.
7. Complete Individual Practical Task.

8. Write the report.

Theory

The System of English Phonemes. Consonants

The articulation of a sound consists of a set of articulatory
features. Grouping speech sounds according to their major

articulatory features is called an articulatory classification.
Sounds are subdivided into two major subtypes: VOWELS

(V) and CONSONANTS (C).

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