Crossword

2. – The stressed syllable is marked by greater intensity, duration, and pitch.
6. Stress – In English, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs usually carry this type of stress.
8. Function – The function of syllables that helps distinguish minimal pairs like ice-cream vs. I scream.
10. Stress – Stress that highlights contrast or correction in a sentence.
11. – A syllable that ends with a consonant.
12. – The weak central vowel sound, represented as [ə].

1. – Relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word.
3. – The phonetic alphabet used to represent sounds of a language.
4. – Uzbek is classified as a final stress language, where stress usually falls on the last syllable.
5. – A language type where pitch is the main feature of stress (e.g., Chinese).
7. – A syllable that begins with a consonant and ends with a vowel.
9. – A syllable formed by a vowel alone or with consonants.