Introduction To Phonetics and Phonology
Introduction To Phonetics and Phonology
Phonetic Phonolog
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What is Phonetics?
Phonetics is the study of human speech sounds.
about spelling.
Phonemes
Inmany languages we can identify a small
number of regularly used sounds (vowels
and consonants) that we call Phonemes.
PIN PEN
PET BET
When we speak, we produce a continuous stream of
sounds.
M æ N
It is not always easy to decide on the number of
segments.
For example:
MINE
M aɪ N
LETTERS AND SOUNDS
Itis very important to learn to think of
English pronunciation in terms of Phonemes
rather than letters of the alphabet.
Conder written English
To sum up:
Phonemes are units of sound that can be
analyzed. They are also known as
SEGMENTS.
SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES are features of speech
that generally apply to groups of segments or
phonemes.
The
phonemic system contains 44
PHONEMES.
To = [ tʊ ]
Give it to him = [ɡɪv ɪt tə ɪm]
ACCENTS
Any questions?