英语语言学实用教程答案(陈新仁）UNIT.docVIP

Unit 2 The Sounds of English [Check your understanding] State whether each of the following statements is True or False. 1. [i:] and [i] are allophones of the same phoneme. F 2. Not all English phonemes have allophones. T Note: /?/ and /j/ occur in one single position and therefore do not have allophones. 3. The same set of vowels is used in all languages. F 4. All syllables must contain at least one vowel. F Note: Some syllables may contain no vowels. They may, instead, employ some syllabic consonant, as in people and muscle. 5. The marking of word stress is arbitrary for the most part i