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This document introduces English phonetics and phonology. It discusses how phonetics studies speech sounds, while phonology studies how sounds are used in a language. It recommends thinking about English pronunciation in terms of phonemes rather than letters. It also covers vowels, consonants, stress, intonation, accent, dialect, and how pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar can vary between regions.

ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY PETER ROACH INTRODUCTION

Purpose To explain how English is pronounced in England.

PHONETICS PHONOLOGY Studies a general theory about speech sounds Studies how speech sounds are used in the language.

PHONEMES It is advisable to think about English pronunciation in terms of phonemes rather than letters of the alphabet VOWELS CONSONANTS

STRESS INTONATION IN TERESTING Where are you from?

Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Word order

The document discusses the principal types and variations of English pronunciation. It notes that there are four components of phonetic structure - phonemic, syllabic, accentual, and intonational - that constitute a language's pronunciation. Accents refer solely to pronunciation differences, whereas dialects involve differences in vocabulary, grammar, and word order as well. There are many accents within England, Britain, and across the other regions of the UK, with Northern and Southern accents being a broad distinction in England. The study of variations in accents was traditionally part of dialectology, which aimed to identify all geographical differences in a language.

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Phonology is the study of the sound systems of spoken human languages. It examines the production of speech sounds, the structure and patterning of sounds in a given language, and how sounds combine and change depending on their environment. Phonology has several branches including phonemics, which studies phonemes - the basic units of sound that distinguish meaning. It also examines related concepts like allophones, morphophonemes, and phones. The systematic study of a language's phonology can provide insight into how and why sounds change over time and vary between dialects.

Phonetics consonants and vowels 2011desmunddantes

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Phonology refers to how sounds work together when pronounced in a language. Some key aspects of phonology include: 1) Phonemes are the smallest units of sound, often represented with slashes like /t/, while phones are the actual pronunciation of those sounds in context. 2) Minimal pairs are two words that differ by one phoneme, helping to identify sounds. Minimal sets contain multiple words that vary by one phoneme. 3) Phonotactics is how the mind recognizes permissible sound combinations in a language.

Oral communication- Oscar GilOscardgs1

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Oral communication involves conveying messages through spoken words and occurs both formally and informally. It has advantages like being quick, direct, and enabling immediate feedback. However, there are also vices like cacophony and amphibology that can cause misunderstandings. Proper breathing techniques and control of intonation and diction are important for effective oral communication. Breathing fully from the diaphragm fuels vocal sound and thinking, while varied intonation and word choice aid understanding and interest.

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International phonetic alphabetDemy Clemente

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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) was first published in 1888 by the International Phonetic Association to create a standardized system for transcribing the sounds of oral language. The IPA was based on a preexisting phonetic script for English and is used by linguists, language teachers, and others to indicate pronunciation in dictionaries, represent unwritten languages, and transcribe foreign language sounds. The IPA uses letters and diacritics that can be combined to precisely represent speech sounds, and the symbols are periodically updated by the International Phonetic Association.

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Phone, phoneme and allophoneIbrahim Muneer

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Phonology dfag15

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Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in languages. It involves identifying the phonemes, or smallest units of sound, that make up words, and describing how combinations of phonemes are used to create meaning. Phonology also examines phonological processes like allophones, which are variations in pronunciation of the same phoneme, and rules that govern how phonemes are combined into syllables and words with correct stress patterns. The international phonetic alphabet is used to represent sounds in a standardized way across languages.

Introduction to PhonologyErgaya Gerair

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Phonology is the study of speech sound patterns and systems in languages. It focuses on the abstract mental representation of sounds rather than physical articulation. Phonologists try to understand how speech sounds are combined. The smallest meaningful units of sound are phonemes, while actual spoken sounds are phones. Phonemes are distinguished by changing meaning when substituted, while phones only change pronunciation. Syllables consist of an onset, nucleus, and coda. Co-articulation involves assimilation and elision of sounds in normal speech for fluency. Minimal pairs are words that differ by one phoneme like 'pat' and 'bat'.

Phonology IntroductionPratik Bhandari

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Phonology is the study of sound systems in languages. It has four branches: segmental phonology which analyzes speech into discrete segments like phonemes; suprasegmental phonology which analyzes features over multiple segments like intonation and stress; diachronic phonology which studies sound patterns through a language's history; and synchronic phonology which studies sound patterns regardless of historical change. Phonology also examines phones which are minimal speech units, phonemes which are distinctive minimal units, and allophones which are variants of phonemes that occur in different phonetic environments. A syllable contains a sonority peak like a vowel with optional onset and coda consonants. Syllable structure and distinctive features are also

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This document summarizes a presentation on the features and differences between Singlish and Standard English pronunciation and word use. It discusses how data was collected from conversations between Singaporeans and foreigners. It analyzes various phonetic aspects of Singlish such as monophthongs, diphthongs, reduced vowels, consonant clusters. Singlish is shown to have different pronunciations compared to Standard English that can sometimes cause misunderstandings but context usually clarifies meaning. Education is seen as important to addressing misunderstandings between the variations in pronunciation.

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The phoneme can be defined as "the smallest contrastive linguistic unit which may bring about a change of meaning" (Gimson, A.C. (2008), Cruttenden, A., ed., The Pronunciation of English (7 ed.)). This definition can be clarified by a practice called minimal pair which is listing pairs of words which are different in meaning and phonologically distinct only in one phonological element. Minimal pair can be illustrated in the following examples: The words "pin" /pɪn/ and "pan" /pæn/ are different only in their middle sounds i.e. /ɪ/ & /æ/. Therefore the sounds /ɪ/ & /æ/ are considered to be different phonemes. The words "pill" /pɪl/ and "bill" /bɪl/ are different only in their initial sounds i.e. /p/ & /b/. Therefore the sounds /p/ & /b/ are considered to be different phonemes. An allophone, on the other hand, is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds (or phones) used to pronounce a single phoneme. It can be considered to be variations of a phoneme and doesn't change the meaning of a word. e.g. the phoneme /p/ in the word "pill" /pɪl/ can be aspirated [pʰɪl ]. So the aspirated [pʰ] is considered to be the allophone of the phoneme /p/

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This course provides an introduction to English phonetics and phonology with 6 theoretical hours and 9 practical hours. The general goal is for students to identify and produce English vowel and consonant sounds to improve pronunciation and communication effectiveness. Students will read chapters, participate actively in auditory discrimination, sound identification, transcription and production exercises. Exams will be weighted as follows: Exam I 20%, Exam II 30%, Exam III 40%, with quizzes making up the remaining 10% of the grade. Recommended texts and web resources are also listed.

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