unit 2. the sounds of english.pdf
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UNIT 2: THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH
ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015
Teacher: María del Valle
Conservatorio Superior de Música de Murcia
Manuel Massotti Littel
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Sounds ( phonemes) are not letters (graphemes)……
[he)lFx / aqm Di: )qCglqH )ti:tHF(r) / aq laqk
)gFxqC tF DF )sqnFmF Fnd )kxkqC / Fnd
aq lyv )ti:tHqC Ft Dqs kFn)sE:vFtwà:(r) /
aq wE:(r)k hqF(r) s qns tu: )BaxzFnd Fnd
sqks / à:(r) ju: )redq tF lE:(r)n )qCglqH
fF)netqks]
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… and letters are not sounds:
Hello, I’m the English teacher. I like going to the cinema
and cooking, and I love teaching at this Conservatoire.
I work here since 2006. Are you ready to learn English
Phonetics?
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3 parameters
1st VOICING:Does the sound vibrate or not?
2nd PLACE OF ARTICULATION:Where is the sound produced?
3rd MANNER OF ARTICULATION:
How is the sound produced?
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1 s t V o
i c i n g :
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VOICED UNVOICED = VOICELESS
ball [bc:l] Paul [pc:l]do [du:] to [tu:]
gone [gon] con [kon]van [vAn] fan [f n]
teethe [ti:D] teeth [ti:B]
gin [dGqn] chin [tHqn]
zoo [zu:] Sue [su:]
1 s t V o
i c i n g :
A sentence to keep in your brain the voiced consonants:
the very large ball is measured , good morning
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2 n d P
l a c e o f a r t i c u l a t
i o n : Lips: bilabial
Upper teeth & lower lips:
labiodental
Teeth: dental
Alveolar ridge: alveolar
Back of alveolar ridge:
post-alveolar
Hard palate: palatal
Velum/soft palate: velar
Uvula: uvular
Pharynx wall: pharyngeal
Vocal folds: glottal
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TOTAL CLOSURE
Plosive: Air is releasedexplosively [ p ] [ t ] [ k ] [ b ] [ d ] [ g ]
Nasal: Air escapes through the
nose [m] [n] [C]
Affricate: Air is released slowly
[tH] [dG]
3 r d M
a n n e r o
f a r t i c u l a t i o n
INTERMITTENT CLOSURE
Roll or trill: The
tongue tip against the
alveolar ridge [r]
PARTIAL CLOSURE
Lateral approximant:
Air escapes around the sides of a
closure [l]
NARROWING
Fricative: Air escapesbetween 2 vocal organs
which are very close
[f] [B] [s] [H] [h] [v][D] [z] [G] [j]
(English consonants)
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[w] and [j]are sounds in English which have
properties of both vowels and consonants. That is
why they are called “Vowel-like consonants”,
“Semi-consonants” or “Semi-vowels”
[w]
we
whytwins
question
one
yet
beautiful
university
[j]
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3 parameters
1st
TONGUE:Does it move forwards or
backwards?
2nd JAW:Is it closed or opened?
3rd LIPS:
Are they rounded or spread?
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The vowel symbols are located at
the approximate position for the
tongue when producing them. All
vowels are voiced and the back
vowels are produced with lip-
rounding while the front vowels
are not.
THE VOWEL
TRAPIZIUM
.
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