Write brief notes on any two of the following: i) Semi-vowels iv) Stress-shift.

Write brief notes on any two of the following:

i) Semi-vowels iv) Stress-shift.

i) Semi-vowels:

In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel (or glide) is a sound, such as English /w/ or /j/ that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.
                                                                                OR
A speech sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant,   e.g. w  or  y.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE

The play opens with a speech by Flavius(spelled ‘Flauius’ in the old Latin style where u and v are not distinguished since the latter is just the semivowel corresponding to the vowel represented by the former).

MORE EXAMPLES

The semivowel W represents the vowel sound "oo" when it occurs next to another vowel:

- water (oo, short O),
- cow or mouse (short A, oo).

The semivowel Y is the vowel sound "ee":

- yes (long E, short E),
- sky or high (short O, long E),
- onion (long E, short U),
- pinjata (long E, short O).
- mute (long E, oo)

iv) Stress-shift:

Though English stress is normally on the first syllable of the word, it can in fact appear on any syllable. It is rather difficult to predict as is also the case in languages such as Russian, German and Portuguese. Sometimes it appears on the final syllable as in "technique", "expertise", "remark" and "unique". In other instances the stress is penultimate as in "transportation", "banana", "tomato" and "establish". Antepenultimate stress occurs in "undoubtedly", "coordinate", "regrettable" and "informative". English stress is thus largely unpredictable.....................................................................

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