Study the basic peculiarities of the opening consonant clusters in the stressed syllables of the words in the three boxes below.
1 2 3
strong bring explorers
private great cliche
property Britain
described growth
products ———————
preoccupation trade
4.3.6. Study the following sequences and explain the interconnection between their segmental peculiarities and their rhythmical organization (see 4.2.):
self-confidence;
intolerance of outsiders;
ostentatious wealth;
a strong belief in private property;
informal, relaxed, and domestic;
are more easily illustrated than described;
the rise of spectator sports;
that special feeling for the sea;
great sailors and explorers;
but also the inventors of the seaside holiday;
subtly decisive in so many aspects of her history;
lastbut by no meansleast;
bring back its products.
Explain the principal difficulty in pronouncing the stressed vowels in the words below.
agree informal
do sports
egoism important
belief feeling
equally sea
marked explorers
more also
easily seaside
these determined
are course
urge formation
earth army
world last
evolution least
means
water
music
art
4.3.8. Explain the principal difficulty in pronouncing the stressed (primarily or secondarily) vowels in the following words (boxes 1, 2, 3):
1 2 3
both natives psychology
egoism ostentatious private
social illustrated described
mobility make microcosm
home preoccupation rise
only landscape seaside
also games island
so spectator decisive
growth made wider
well-known great miles
no sailors Empire
moat cliche
Dover Reformation
trade
formation
navy
separate
Calais
— What affects the quality of the vowel in each of these cases?
The words below are divided into groups according to a certain principle.
— Explain the principle.
— Find the words that fall out of the group. Tell why.