( ) The nasal cavity is formed by the passage through the nose when the soft palate, the velum at the back of the mouth is lowered. The sounds thus produced are called nasals. In English there are three nasals: [m], [n] in man, and [ ] in cling.

fossilization

Define with examples phonemic contrast, allophone and complementary distribution. What is the basic way to determine the phonemes of a language?

Describe with examples the lexical loss which occurred in Old English and Middle English. Do you think the loss of words inevitable? What do you think of the process of lexical loss?

interpersonal communication

internal borrowing

social dialects

embedded clause

predication

directives

compounding