6 Questions
Which of the following is a correct statement about English phonetics?
English has 44 phonemes.
What is a phoneme in English?
A unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word.
Which of the following is an example of a vowel sound in English?
/i:/
Which of the following is a consonant sound in English?
/ŋ/
Which of the following is a diphthong in English?
/aɪ/
Which of the following is a voiced consonant sound in English?
/z/
Study Notes
Phonetics in English
- A phoneme is a distinct unit of sound in a language that distinguishes one word from another.
- Vowel sounds in English include /iː/ (as in "see"), /ɑː/ (as in "car"), and /uː/ (as in "boot").
- Consonant sounds in English include /p/ (as in "pat"), /t/ (as in "tap"), and /k/ (as in "cat").
- A diphthong in English is a combination of two vowel sounds pronounced in a single syllable, such as /aʊ/ (as in "how") or /eɪ/ (as in "play").
- Voiced consonant sounds in English are those that are made by vibrating the vocal cords, such as /b/ (as in "bat"), /d/ (as in "dog"), and /g/ (as in "go").
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