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The Phonemes of English

The Phonemes of English. September 15, 2010. A Useful Diacritic. Some English syllables have a consonant peak . This can only happen with /n/, /m/, /l/ and /r/. When this happens, the consonant is said to be syllabic and is denoted with a small vertical dash underneath. Examples:.

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The Phonemes of English

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  1. The Phonemes of English September 15, 2010

  2. A Useful Diacritic • Some English syllables have a consonant peak. • This can only happen with /n/, /m/, /l/ and /r/. • When this happens, the consonant is said to be syllabic and is denoted with a small vertical dash underneath. • Examples: ‘chasm’ ‘ribbon’ ‘eagle’ ‘feature’

  3. For Monday • Please take a stab at the following exercises from Chapter 2 of A Course in Phonetics before Monday: • A 1-10 • B 11-20 • D 31-40 • (American speaker) • (phonemic transcriptions) • Here’s the online link: • http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter2/exercises.htm

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