Phonetics PDF
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This document covers the basics of phonetics, focusing on the interesting questions surrounding language accents and dialects. It explores how different languages utilize unique sounds and production methods. The document includes links to further resources.
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Phonetics: Interesting questions in this domain of language ¢ ¢ Why do L2 learners often have an accent? How do different dialects (of one language) differ from each other? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2wkO0DhpEY [tƏmejto]? [tƏmato]? [tƏmetƏ]?......? 2 PHONETICS ¢ What is phonetics? Phon...
Phonetics: Interesting questions in this domain of language ¢ ¢ Why do L2 learners often have an accent? How do different dialects (of one language) differ from each other? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2wkO0DhpEY [tƏmejto]? [tƏmato]? [tƏmetƏ]?......? 2 PHONETICS ¢ What is phonetics? Phonetics deals with how speech sounds are actually produced, transmitted, and received. 3 PHONETICS Phonology deals with the way those sounds are organized in individual languages. Two languages may include the same sounds in their sound inventories, but employ different rules about how the sounds can be used. English truck vs. Russian rtut 4 PHONETICS ¢ What is a phonetic inventory? The phonetic inventory of English includes consonants and vowels. It doesn’t include other types of sounds. http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.ht m ¢ Some languages have very different sounds in their phonetic inventories. Listen to these clips from other languages. Quecha (South America): ejective (burst of air) Nama (South Africa): clicks (air sucked in) Kele (Papua New Guinea): trills (rapid vibration) 5
