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11. Consider tlić following rulc: f+syllabic

|_+high i [-syllabic] / _ [+syllabic]

Which of the following is the correct statement of this rule in words:

a.    [i] and [u] become [j] and [w], rcspectively, before a vowel,

b.    Word-initial high vowels become glides.

c.    A syllable is deleted before another syllable.

d.    VoweIs change into consonants before vowels.

12.    The syllable can be divided into:

a.    input, nucleus, output;

b.    onset and coda, coda into nucleus and rbyme;

c.    rhyme and peak, rhyme into    peak and nucleus;

d.    onset and rhyme, rhyme into    nucleus and coda.

13.    Consider the syllables of the word ‘artistic’ / a: - tis - tik /.

They are in tum:

a.    open and strong; closed and strong by position; closed and weak

b.    open and weak; closed and strong; closed and weak

c.    open and strong; closed and weak; closed and weak

d.    open and strong by position; open and strong by position; closed and weak

14.    Consider the following words:

I. city II. better ID. teacher

Which types of disyllabic feet do they represent?

a.    I short-Iong, II medium-medium, IH long-short

b.    I and II short-long, III medium-medium

c.    I short-long, II and III medium-medium

d.    I and II short-long, III long-short

15.    The sonority hierarchy. In which of the following the classes of sounds are ordered from the most to the least sonorous?

a.    vowels, liquids, plosives, fricatives

b.    liguids, nasals, fricatives,    plosives

c.    nasals, glides, liquids, plosives

d.    fricatives, nasals, affiricates, plosives

16.    Consider the following vowels: [e i o u s]. Which of them are lax?

a.    [e i] only,

b.    [o e] only,

c.    [e i u] only,

d.    [e i u e] only.