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and sounds, diphthongs and
monophthongs.
4. The tasks for independent work during the training for the studies
4.1. The list of basic terms, parameters, characteristics, which the student
should master while training for the studies.
Term
Definition
Alphabet
Diphthong
The graphic signs – letters arranged in the certain
order.
A combination of two vowels which are pronounced
Phoneme
as one sound or one syllable.
The minimum speech unit which is singled out of the
Phonetics
continuous speech stream.
The sound structure of the language; the branch of
linguistics which studies the sound structure of the
language.
4.2. The theoretical questions to the studies:
1. What do you know from the history of Latin?
2. In what ways did Latin develop after the disintegration of the Roman
Empire?
3. What groups of terms does medical terminology consist of?
4. What do you know about the Latin alphabet?
5. What are diphthongs?
6. What are the rules of the pronunciation of consonants and vowels?
7. What are the spelling and meaning of the Greek roots and prefixes with
“y”?
8. How are the letter combinations ngu, su, ti, qu pronounced?
9. How are the letter combinations with “h” pronounced?
4.3. The practical works (tasks) which are done at the studies:
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