CONSONANT CLUSTERS ELEMENTS PHONOLOGY.pptx

consonant cluster

1. There are two kinds of sequences of consonantal elements in English, namely initial and final sequences. The sequences are called clusters

2. English has 51 initial clusters: 43 with 2 consonantal elements in a sequence, and 8 with 3 consonantal elements in a sequence. A. The two-initial consonantal elements (clusters) in a sequence are: 1. / bj / beautiful 2. / dj / duty 3. / fj / few 4. / hj / humor 5. / kj / cube

3. 6 . / lj / lure 7. / mj / music 8. / nj / new / pj / pupil / sj / suit / tj / Tuesday / vj / view / θj / Thucydides / bl / blood /fl/ flesh 16. / gl / glad 17. / kl / class 18. /pl/ plate 19. / sl / slang 20. / br / bread 21. / dr / drink 22. / fr / fresh 23. / gr / grass 24. / kr / cry 25. /pr/ price 26. / tr / train

4. 27. / ʃr / shrink 28. / θr / three 29. / dw / dwell 30. / gw / Gwen 31. /hw/ hwan 32. / kw / quick 33. / sw / swim 34. / tw / twig 35. / θw / thwart 36. / sf / sphere 37. / sk / school 38. / sm / small 39. / sn / snow 40. /sp/ sport 41. / st / stone 42. / tʃ / charm 43. / dʒ / jam

5. B. The three-initial consonantal elements (clusters) in a sequence are: 44. / skj / skew 45. / skr / scream 46. / skw / square 47. / spj / spume 48. / spl / split 49. / spr / spring 50. / stj / student 51. / str / stream

6. English has 220 kinds of final clusters Two – consonantal elements of final position are: 1. / bd / robbed 2. / bl / trouble 3. / bz / clubs 4. /dl/ middle 5. / dn / pardon 6. / dz / roads 7. / dʒ / age 8. / dθ / width 9. /fl/ ruffle 10. /fn/ often

7. B. Three consonantal elements of final position are: / bdl / trouble / dld / muddle / blz / troubles / dlz / muddles / dnd / pardoned / dnz / gardens / flz / ruffels / fnz / stiffens / fts / lifts / gld / gigled C. Four- consonantal elements of final position are : / gnld / signalled / kslz / axles / ksθs / sixths / lfθs / twelfths / mbld / rumbled / mpld / sampled / mpst / glimpsed / ndld / blunded / ndʒd / changed / ntlz / mantles