The weak forms of English function words show the following features. A: Reduction of the lengths of sounds. B: Obscuration of vowels towards the schwa /ə/ . C: Elision of vowels and consonants. D: Rising the pitch of the vowel.

The weak forms of English function words show the following features. A: Reductions of the lengths of sounds. B: Obscuration of vowels towards and schwa. C: Elision of vowels and consonants. D: Rising the pitch of the vowel.

‎__________ occurs when strong and weak forms are placed next to each other.‎ A: Unbalanced hedging B: Over-hedging C: Under-hedging D: Hedges

The weak forms of the function words differ from the strong ones in the following ways: ( ) A: A long vowel turns into a short vowel. B: Some vowels become the obscure /ə/. C: A vowel sound may be omitted. D: A consonant sound may be dropped.

Morphemes may have different forms, the variant forms of a morpheme are called its ____.