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Teaching English as a second language Crossword Clues 01-----Pronunciation

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4. /b/ is a _ _ _ _ _ _ bilabial stop (6)
6. The initial consonant sounds in "chest" and "jest" are post-alveolar_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)
8. The study of speech sounds belonging to a particular language system (9)
9. Among the English vowel sounds are eight _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)
11. The vowel sounds in the words "steer", "stair" and "tour" ending in schwa are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ diphthongs (8)
14. English has seven _ _ _ _ _ monophthongs (5)
15. Used to transcribe the sounds of all known languages (8, 6)
16. Changing /t/ to /p/ in the phrase "basket maker" before the /m/ is an example of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12)
17. English has five _ _ _ _ monophthongs (4)
20. Detailed analysis of the sounds and sound production of the human race (9)
24. Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another (7)
25. L1 = _ _ _ _ _ _ language (6)
28. /p/ is a voiceless _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stop (8)
29. The initial consonant sounds in "thin" and "then" are _ _ _ _ _ _ fricatives (6)

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1. Among the English vowel sounds are twelve _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12)
2. Several possible renderings of the same phoneme (10)
3. /f/ and /v/ are _ _ _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ _ fricatives (5 - 6)
5. British English has twenty-four _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sounds (9)
7. British English has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ phonemes (5, 4)
10. /s/ and /z/ are alveolar _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)
12. Missing out the second /f/ in the word "fifths" is an example of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7)
13. The extra puff of air which occurs in the release of voiceless stops /p/, /t/ and /k/ (10)
18. The semi-vocalic sounds /j/ and /w/ which begin "yes" and "west" are also known as _ _ _ _ _ _ (6)
19. /t/ and /d/ are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stops (8)
20. The British _ _ _ _ _ _ _ alphabet contains 44 symbols (8)
21. The vowel sounds in the words "bay". "buy" and "boy" are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ diphthongs (6)
22. /m/ and /n/ are _ _ _ _ _ consonant sounds (5)
23. L2 = _ _ _ _ _ _ language (6)
26. British English has _ _ _ _ _ _ vowel sounds (6)
27. /k/ and /g/ are _ _ _ _ _ stops (5)