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2. Answer the questions.

    1. What is the purpose of the course of theoretical phonetics?

    2. What does the term ‘phonetics’ mean?

    3. What definition of phonetics do the phoneticians give?

    4. Why does phonetics occupy a peculiar position?

    5. Is phonetics a new science?

    6. What are the most important dates connected with phonetics?

    7. When and where did phonetics as an independent science begin?

    8. What is the main principle of phonological analysis?

    9. Why is it important to find the ‘minimal pairs’ in the word?

    10. What is the definition of the term ‘phoneme’?

    11. What can you say about the difference of the sounds and phonemes of your language?