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Phonetics

Phonetics. Class # 1 Chapter. The phonetic alphabet. There are 26 English letters in English. How many sounds are there? Nearly 40 sounds (consonants & vowels). The Phonetic Alphabet. Orthographic inconsistencies

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Phonetics

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  1. Phonetics Class # 1 Chapter

  2. The phonetic alphabet • There are 26 English letters in English. • How many sounds are there? • Nearly 40 sounds (consonants & vowels)

  3. The Phonetic Alphabet • Orthographic inconsistencies In-class work: try to write down some words which show the following orthographic inconsistencies: • Different letters represent the same sound. • The same letters represent different sounds. • A combination of letters represents a single sound. • A single letter represents more than one sound. • Some letters may stand for no sound at all in certain words.

  4. The Phonetic Alphabet • Orthographic inconsistencies Different letters may represent the same sound: e.g., see, sea, scene, receive, thief, machine  The same letters may represent different sounds: e.g., sign, pleasure, resign; charter, character; A combination of letters may represent a single sound: e.g., lock, that, book, shop, apple A single letter represents more than one sound e.g., box, use Some letters may stand for no sound at all in certain words: e.g., know, doubt, though, island

  5. The Phonetic Alphabet • What is a phonetic alphabet? • A phonetic alphabet used to symbolize the sounds found in all languages • Features of the phonetic alphabet: • Each symbol consistently represents only one sound; • Each sound is represented by only one symbol; • The number of sounds equals the number of symbols. * The symbols are enclosed in brackets [ ] to indicate that the transcription is phonetic (e.g., this [ð]).

  6. Phonetic alphabet for English pronunciation (p239) Consonants (24) 1. pea, pit, tip, spit, appear [p] 2. bee, ball, globe, amble, brick, bubble [b] 3. tea, tag, pat, stick, stuffed [t] 4. deed, dip, card, drop, loved, batted [d] 5. me, lamb, smack, ample, [m] 6. knee, neat, nap, design, snow, know [n] 7. fee, feet, laugh, philosophy, coffee [f] 8. veal, vest, dove, gravel, average [v]

  7. Phonetic alphabet for English pronunciation (p239) Consonants (24) 9. sea, seal, soap, psychology, packs, descent, peace [s] 10. zeal, zip, roads, kisses, Xerox, design [z] 11. key, kill, kit, character, critique, exceed [k] 12. guard, bag, longer, designate, Pittsburgh [g] 13. heal, who, hat, hole, whole [h] 14. leaf, feel, mild, applaud [l] 15. read, fear, Harris, carp [ r ] 16. you, yes, use, youth [ j ]

  8. Phonetic alphabet for English pronunciation (p239) Consonants (24) 17. wait, swim, queen, with [w] 18. think, through, teeth, faith [θ ] (theta) 19. the, their, mother, thus, weather [ð ] (eth) 20. shy, mission, nation, sure [š] (s-wedge) 21. measure, vision, casualty, decision [ž] (z-wedge) 22. sing, think, finger, singer, link [ ŋ ] (n-tail) 23. chill, choke, match, feature, [ č ] (c-wedge) 24. judge, George, region, Jill [ ǰ] (j-wedge)

  9. Phonetic alphabet for English pronunciation (p239) Vowels (15) 1. beat, we, believe, people, money, feel [i] 2. bit, consist, injury, business [I] (capital-i) 3. late, bait, great, they, [e] 4. bet, reception, says, guest, bury [ɛ ] (open-e) 5. boot, who, duty, through [u] 6. put, could, foot [U] (capital-u) 7. boat, grow, though, over [o] 8. bore, bought, caught, wrong, core [ ɔ] (open-o)

  10. Phonetic alphabet for English pronunciation (p239) Vowels (15) 9. bat, laugh, anger, rally [ æ ] (ash) 10. hot, pot, father, honor, hospital [ a ] 11. but, tough, mother, another, oven [ ʌ ] (wedge) 12. among, sofa [ Ə ] (schwa) 13. bite, island, rice, slight [ aj ] 14. loud, brown, doubt, flower [ aw ] 15. boy, joy, annoy [ ɔj ]

  11. International Phonetic Alphabet • To download IPA fonts, go towww.sil.org, then go to computing in menu on bottom, then “Fonts in cyberspace”, then select “SIL fonts”, then “SIL IPA93”

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