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consonant clusters, and vowel sequences by means of
phonotactical constraints.

Phonotactic constraints are highly language specific. For
example, in Japanese, consonant clusters like /st/ do not occur.

Similarly, the sounds /kn/ and /gn/ are not permitted at the
beginning of a word in Modern English but are in German and

Dutch, and were permitted in Old and Middle English. In contrast,

in some Slavic languages /l/ and /r/ are used as vowels and many
words do not contain the English equivalent of vowels.

Memorization

 Memorize the main notions from the theoretic part

Test

Suggest one-word/phrase answers to the following

statements/questions:

№ Question Answer

1 In the majority of spoken utterances

beginning with it’s the initial [I] is …
2 English speakers don't … all their words

3 Vowel reduction mostly occurs in extended

… in sequences of words. …
4 Phonotactics is a branch of …

5 Does the term linking mean the same as
liaison?

6 … defines permissible syllable structure,

consonant clusters, and vowel sequences by
means of phonotactical constraints.

7 Phonotactics deals with restrictions in a
language on the permissible combinations of

…

8 The elision of [1] in words beginning with all

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