3.10.

Evaluation
1. Name some distinctive features of the English vowels.

2. Are deal and dill a minimal? Why?

3. Are deal and did a minimal pair? Why? Why not?

4. Match the words in the first column with those in the second one so as to
obtain minimal pairs:

Column I Column II
catch zip
pip fought
cheap lass
sap Sam
he mink
caught cap
lap Paul
pal she
say heap
sink lay
5. Give the vowel phonemes that cannot appear in word-final position.

6. Specify the English phonemes that cannot appear in initial position.

7. Give the English sounds corresponding to the following descriptions:

- central, mid-open, short, unrounded vowel;
- back, mid-open, long, rounded vowel;
- front (retracted), close, short, unrounded vowel;
- back (advanced), close, short, unrounded vowel.

8. Write the symbols for the vowels in the following words:

a. bread b. rough c. foot d. hymn e. full f. cough g. sat h. friend
i. cool j. Oedipus k. ask l. further.

9. Which are the vowel phonemes that can appear in front of []?

10. If one compares short vowels to long ones, which of them have a more
restricted distribution?