Phonetics & Speech Sound Production PDF
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This document provides an introduction to phonetics and speech sound production, explaining the relationship between orthography (spelling) and phonetics (sound). It also describes the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION: THE BASICS ¢ Orthography: Phonetics ¹ Spelling Why could ghoti be the correct spelling for fish? gh as in tough o as in women ti as in emotion 10 SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION: THE BASICS ¢ Orthography: Phonetics ¹ Spelling People who text are already well aware of these fa...
SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION: THE BASICS ¢ Orthography: Phonetics ¹ Spelling Why could ghoti be the correct spelling for fish? gh as in tough o as in women ti as in emotion 10 SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION: THE BASICS ¢ Orthography: Phonetics ¹ Spelling People who text are already well aware of these facts and sometimes try to be more transparent: da test wuz tuff 11 INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (IPA) ¢1 symbol (not letter) = 1 sound ¢ Universal: represents fundamental sounds of all languages ¢ Provides uniform way to transcribe the world’s languages ¢ symbols enclosed in square brackets for phonetics phone [fon] phonetics [fƏnɛɾɪks] 12 IPA: CONSONANTS IN ENGLISH YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LEARNING THE IPA SYMBOLS (CONSONANTS AND VOWELS) FOR ENGLISH THAT WE DISCUSS IPA: CONSONANTS VS. VOWELS ¢ ¢ Sounds of languages fall into two classes: consonants and vowels. In phonetics, consonants and vowels are different types of sounds (not letters). 14