Question

short note on the following :
i) The organs of speech.
ii) The semi-vowels of English.
iii) Stress in English.
iv) Content words and grammatical words.

Answer 1

SPEECH ORGANS -- The organs used in the production of sound are the speech organs. There are 2 types of speech organs -- passive and active articulators. SEMIVOWELS -- A vowel like sound that acts like a consonant. In english the chief semivowels are W in well and J is represented as Y, in yell. STRESS IN ENGLISH -- A stress is relatively loud , long in duration and said properly or clearly. CONTENT WORD -- A word that carries semantic content. HOPE HELPED U :)