1. What is a syllable?
2. What sounds can form the 'peak' of a syllable?
3. What sonorous sounds are syllabic?
4. What are the two possible ways to pronounce a word with a vowel-letter preceding a sonorant?
5. When does a sonorant lose its syllabic character?
6. Why is it important to know the syllable boundaries in a word?
7. Where does the syllable boundary go in words with an intervocalic consonant? Give reasons and examples.
8. What is the peculiarity of the syllable boundary with an intervocalic consonant preceded by a vowel?
9. How would you find the syllabic boundary in a word with intervocalic combinations of consonants? Give examples.
10. What is the generalized formula of a syllable structure?
11. What pronunciation habits of Russians can interfere with cor-
rect syllable division in English?
Part Four