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The English consonantsThe English consonants
Marcela Fuentes D.Postgraduate programme
UGM
Marcela Fuentes D.Postgraduate programme
UGM
The English consonantsThe English consonants
Sounds with no air obstruction (stricture)
24 consonant sounds, different categories:
Voicing
Place of articulation
Manner of articulation
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VoicingVoicing
Voiced ConsonantsVoiced Consonants
i˘ bi˘t, si˘, sti˘l, li˘f <beat, sea, steel, leave>
I bIt, sIk, lIp, lIv <bit, sick, lip, live>
e bet, frend, rek <bet, friend, wreck>
Q kQt, trQp, bQd <cat, trap, bad>
A˘ lÅk, spÅt, lÅN, drÅp <lock, spot, long>
The English vowelsThe English vowels
Å lÅk, spÅt, lÅN, drÅp <lock, spot, long>
ç˘ bç˘t, spç˘t, lç˘ <bought, sport, law>
U lUk, bUk, tUk <look, book, took>
u˘ ru˘m, gru˘p, bu˘t <room, group, boot>
√ bl√d, b√s, m√nT <blood, bus, month>
The English vowelsThe English vowels
Œ˘ pŒ˘s, gŒ˘l, fŒ˘st <purse, girl, first>
´ ´baUt, ti˘tS´, mA˘v´l´s <about, teacher, marvelous>
/Œ˘/ and /´/ have the same sound, but /´/ is much shorter than /Œ˘/ and it’s never accented.
Closing diphthongsClosing diphthongs
Centring diphthonsCentring diphthons
DiphthongsDiphthongs
eI beI, meI, leIdi <bay, May, lady>
´U b´Ut, n´U, r´Ud <boat, no, road>
aI maIn, maI, raIs <mine, my, rice>
aU faUnd, maUT, naU <found, mouth, now>
çI bçI, tçI, mçIst <boy, toy, moist>
DiphthongsDiphthongsI´ tI´z, hI´, mI´ <tears, here, mere>
e´ fe´, ste´z, he´ <fair/ fare, stairs, hair>
U´ tU´, jU´r´p, kjU´ <tour, Europe, cure>
ç˘ tç˘, jç˘r´p, kjç˘ <tour, Europe, cure>