Assignment Week 7: Basic Phonetics and Phonology

For the assignment, please pay attention and follow the following points:

(i) Read and learn the learning materials delivered to you both in offline and online ways!
(ii) You may discuss with your friends or in groups, but you have to avoid plagiarism in
your answers.
(iii) The answers for the assignment must be uploaded to e-learning2unp platform or
system as online learning.
(iv) The time for each assignment is 4 days after the time schedule of this subject.

Nama: Fairuzi Esa Fatin

NIM: 21019011
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Write your answers for the following questions:

1. What is the place and manner of articulation of / w / and / j / in English?
2. What is the place and manner of articulation of / l / and / r / in English?
3. What makes / w /, / j /, / l /, and / r / are approximants in English?
4. What are the syllabic consonants in English?
5. What does a syllabic consonant mean?
Answer:
1. Glide
2. Liquid
3. Made without the tongue making contact in the mouth
4. m, n and l
5. A consonant that forms a syllable on its own, like the m, n and l in some pronunciations of the
English words rhythm, button and bottle

Good Luck!!