------refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech.

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• ---- is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme
• The term--------refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech
• There is no positive relationship between a speech and sound. This property of language is referred to as------
• --------is the totality of the speech habits of an individual
• -------------is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech
• The study of elementary speech sounds is called----
• The study ordering of speech sounds into the smallest meaningful groups is called----
• ----------are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another
• ----is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another
• The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called-------