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12 Pure Vowels
5 Long Vowels
1. /??/ - tart, father
2. /u?/ - goose, two, blue, group
3. /??/ - thought, law, north, war
4. /i?/ - fleece, sea, machine
5. /??/ -nurse, stir, learn, refer
8 Short Vowels
6. /? / (Neutral Vowel)- about, common, standard
7. / i / happy, radiate. glorious
8. / ? / strut, mud, love, blood
9. /? / lot, odd, wash
10. /e / dress, bed, head, many
11. / ? / foot, good, put
12. / æ / trap, bad
8 Diphthongs
1. / ?? / goat, show, no
2. / e? / face, day, break
3. /?? / choice, boy
4. / ?? / near, here, weary
5. / a? / price, high, try
6. /?? / poor, jury, cure
7. / e? / square. fair, various
8. / a? / mouth, now
Consonants
24 Consonants
Plossives
1. / p / - pen, copy, happen
2. / b / - back, baby, job
3. /t / - tea, tight, button
4. /d / - day, ladder, odd
5. / k / -key, clock, school
6. / g / - get, giggle, ghost
Affricates
1. / t? / -church, match, nature
2. / d? / -judge, age, soldier
Fricatives
1. /f / -fat, coffee, rough, photo
2. /v / -view, heavy, move
3. / ? / -thing, author, path
4. / ð / -this, other, smooth
5. / s / -soon, cease, sister
6. / z / -zero, music, roses, buzz
7. / ? / -ship, sure, national
8. / ? / -pleasure, vision
9. / h / -hot, whole, ahead
Trills
1. / r / -right, wrong, sorry, arrange
Nasals
1. /m / -more, hammer, sum
2. /n / -nice, know, funny, sun
3. /? / -ring, anger, thanks, sung
Laterals.
1. / l / -light, valley, feel
Approximants
1. / j / -yet, use, beauty, few
2. / w / -wet, one, when, queen
- Get Rid Of Your Accent (introduction)
The English alphabet has 26- letters, 5 Vowels and 21 consonants. These are enough to write English.As there is a difference between writing and Pronunciation in English,we need another alphabet representing all the speech sounds. Such an alphabet is...
- The Phonetic Chart
There are 44 Sounds in English 12 Pure Vowels 8 Diphthongs 24 Consonants...
- 4. Consonants
Consonants The diagramme shows the 24 consonant phonemes of Standard British English, divided into four groups. The groups are arranged according to degree of closure of the vocal organs. The Nasals and Stops are produced with complete oral closure, the...
- 3. Teaching Units
Teaching Units The diagramme lists the six groups of sounds that will be described in this course. Two of these belong to the vowel category, i.e. monophthongs and diphthongs, four are consonants. Note that the term vowel is used here for stable sounds...
- 2. Survey Of Symbols
Survey of transcription symbols The diagramme shows the 44 phonemes of Standard British English The diagramme is organised in the following sequence: Long vowels (5), Short vowels (7), Diphthongs (8), Stops (8), Fricatives (9), Nasals (3), and Approximants...
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Phonemes (44 sounds )
12 Pure Vowels
5 Long Vowels
1. /??/ - tart, father
2. /u?/ - goose, two, blue, group
3. /??/ - thought, law, north, war
4. /i?/ - fleece, sea, machine
5. /??/ -nurse, stir, learn, refer
8 Short Vowels
6. /? / (Neutral Vowel)- about, common, standard
7. / i / happy, radiate. glorious
8. / ? / strut, mud, love, blood
9. /? / lot, odd, wash
10. /e / dress, bed, head, many
11. / ? / foot, good, put
12. / æ / trap, bad
8 Diphthongs
1. / ?? / goat, show, no
2. / e? / face, day, break
3. /?? / choice, boy
4. / ?? / near, here, weary
5. / a? / price, high, try
6. /?? / poor, jury, cure
7. / e? / square. fair, various
8. / a? / mouth, now
Consonants
24 Consonants
Plossives
1. / p / - pen, copy, happen
2. / b / - back, baby, job
3. /t / - tea, tight, button
4. /d / - day, ladder, odd
5. / k / -key, clock, school
6. / g / - get, giggle, ghost
Affricates
1. / t? / -church, match, nature
2. / d? / -judge, age, soldier
Fricatives
1. /f / -fat, coffee, rough, photo
2. /v / -view, heavy, move
3. / ? / -thing, author, path
4. / ð / -this, other, smooth
5. / s / -soon, cease, sister
6. / z / -zero, music, roses, buzz
7. / ? / -ship, sure, national
8. / ? / -pleasure, vision
9. / h / -hot, whole, ahead
Trills
1. / r / -right, wrong, sorry, arrange
Nasals
1. /m / -more, hammer, sum
2. /n / -nice, know, funny, sun
3. /? / -ring, anger, thanks, sung
Laterals.
1. / l / -light, valley, feel
Approximants
1. / j / -yet, use, beauty, few
2. / w / -wet, one, when, queen
- Get Rid Of Your Accent (introduction)
The English alphabet has 26- letters, 5 Vowels and 21 consonants. These are enough to write English.As there is a difference between writing and Pronunciation in English,we need another alphabet representing all the speech sounds. Such an alphabet is...
- The Phonetic Chart
There are 44 Sounds in English 12 Pure Vowels 8 Diphthongs 24 Consonants...
- 4. Consonants
Consonants The diagramme shows the 24 consonant phonemes of Standard British English, divided into four groups. The groups are arranged according to degree of closure of the vocal organs. The Nasals and Stops are produced with complete oral closure, the...
- 3. Teaching Units
Teaching Units The diagramme lists the six groups of sounds that will be described in this course. Two of these belong to the vowel category, i.e. monophthongs and diphthongs, four are consonants. Note that the term vowel is used here for stable sounds...
- 2. Survey Of Symbols
Survey of transcription symbols The diagramme shows the 44 phonemes of Standard British English The diagramme is organised in the following sequence: Long vowels (5), Short vowels (7), Diphthongs (8), Stops (8), Fricatives (9), Nasals (3), and Approximants...