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Three or more syllabic words
Alternate [a:lternet]
1. There are 9 letters in this word.
2. There are 8 sounds in this word.
3. There are 3 syllables in it.
4. The second syllable is stressed.
5. There are 4 vowel sounds (a- hard vowel, e- soft vowel, a- hard vowel).
According to the horizontal movement of the tongue: ə- mixed, ʌ- back-advanced, ɪ-front retracted
According to the vertical movement of the tongue: ə- mid-open, ʌ- low-narrow, ɪ- high-broad
According to the position of the lips: ə- neutral position of lips, ʌ- unrounded position, ɪ- unrounded position
According to the quantitative features: ə- short vowel, monophthongs, ʌ- short vowel, ɪ- short, monophthongs.
6. There are 5 consonant letters: l, t, r, n, t
l–Post-alveolar, t- alveolar, r- alveolar, n- velar, t- alveolar
l -Approximant, t - plosive, r -lateral-approximant, n – plosive, t- nasal
7. In this word the first and third syllables is unstressed position. Because of soft vowel [e] gives the sound [ɪ], there will be soft reduction (or qualitative reduction Type A). Because of hard vowel a gives the soun [ə] there is hard reduction or qualitative reduction type B.


physical [‘fizikl]
1. There are 8 letters in this word.
2. There are 6 sounds in this word.
3. There are 3 syllables in it.
4. The first syllable is stressed.
5. There are 3 vowel sounds (y, i- soft, a-soft vowel).
According to the horizontal movement of the tongue: ɪ- mixed, y, a- also front
According to the vertical movement of the tongue: ɪ- mid-open, y, - mid-open
According to the position of the lips: y, ɪ- neutral position of lips, a- unrounded position
According to the quantitative features: y, ɪ- short vowel, monophthongs, a- short vowel
6. There are 5 consonant letters: p, h, s, c, l
p- labiodental, fricative, h- velar, plosive, s- post-alveolar, approximant,
c- labiodental, fricative, l- alveolar, lateral approximant
7.The first syllable is unstressed. The vowel [a,y] gives sound as [ɪ] in unstressed syllable. This is qualitative reduction Type A.