Self-check questions

1. Describe the movement of your speech organs while pronouncing /C/.

2. What is aspiration? How can it be marked?

3. Name the differences in pronunciation of /E:/ and /q/.

4. How does the force of aspiration depend on the distribution of a consonant in a word?

5. Why do we call these consonants stop consonants?

6. What is a diphthong? What groups of diphthongs do you know?

7. Speak on the pronunciation of /aV/.

8. What is the special feature of /p, t, k/ comparing them with other strong fricative consonants?