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Understanding Phonetics: Study of Speech Sounds in English

Dive into the classification of speech sounds in English through phonetics, exploring its importance, sounds, IPA symbols, vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and examples. Learn articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics in detail.

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Understanding Phonetics: Study of Speech Sounds in English

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  1. Phonetics Ranjith Krishnan K. R. Asst. Professor Dept. of English N.S.S. College, Pandalam

  2. Definition Phonetics– The Study and Classification of Speech Sounds

  3. Organs of Speech

  4. Different Types • Acoustic phonetics: focuses on the physical properties of the sounds of language • Auditory phonetics: focuses on how listeners perceive the sounds of language • Articulatory phonetics: focuses on how the vocal tract produces the sounds of language

  5. English is not a phonetic language • Importance of Phonetics • Sounds in English • 44 sounds in English • Consonants and Vowels • 24 Consonants • 20 Vowels (7 short vowels, 5 long vowels and 8 Diphthongs)

  6. International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Formulated by the International Phonetic Association to have a system in which there was a one-to-one correspondence between each sound in language and each phonetic symbol

  7. Vowels • Monophthongs (Pure Vowels) – 12 • 7 short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ , ɒ, ʊ, ә • and • 5 long vowels: i: , ɑ: , ɔ: , з: , u: • /pin/ /pet/ /mæn/ /kʌp/ /hɒt/ /wʊd/ /әbʌv/ • /pi:l/ /fɑ:m/ /sɔ:/ /gз:l/ /sku:l/

  8. Vowels • Diphthongs (Vowel Glides) – 8 • closing: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, aʊ, әʊ • and • centring: eә, ɪә, ʊә • /pei/ /hai/ /bɔɪ/ /haʊ/ /nәʊ/ • /heә/ /hɪә/ /pʊә/

  9. Consonants Plosives /p, b, t, d, k, g/ /pin/ /bit/ /tin/ /din/ /kin/ /geɪm/ Affricates /ʧ, ʤ/ /ʧin/ /ʤin/

  10. Consonants Fricatives /f, v,θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h/ /fit/ /væn/ /θin/ /fa:ðә/ /sin/ /zip/ /ʃeim/ /meʒә/ /hai/ Nasals /m, n, ŋ/ /mæn/ /nain/ /kiŋ/

  11. Consonants Lateral /l/ /li:f/ Approximants /r, j, w/ /ræn/ /nju:/ /win/

  12. Examples and Exercises

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