Phonetics

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Phonetics

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What are phonetics?

Flap T

Elision

The correct sound of words and phrases.

Syllabic Sound

Linking

Intonation Patterns

Assimilation

Elison

Omission of one or more sounds, such as syllables or words in speech. This is done to make the language easier to say, and faster.​

Examples:

Word IPA after elision comfortable /ˈkʌmftərbəl/ (rhotic English), /ˈkʌmftəbəl/ (non-rhotic English) laboratory /ˈlæbrətɔri/ (American English), /ləˈbɒrətri/ (British English) temperature /ˈtɛmpərtʃər/, /ˈtɛmprətʃə/ family /ˈfæmli/ vegetable /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/, /ˈvɛtʃtəbəl/ fifth /ˈfɪθ/ him /ɪm/ going to /ˈɡənə/ (gonna) itis, it has /ɪts/ (it's) I have /aɪv/ (I've) isnot /ˈɪzənt/ (isn't)​

Flap T

Are you aware of the different sound of /t/? Read situations when flap T is pronounced: · flap T is between two vowels, · flap T is with an ɚ sound either before it, after it or before and after it, · flap T is spelled with double T, · flap T is before an unstressed L sound · it’s between two sounds

Examples:

• Later
• Little
• Letter
• Water
• Quarter
• Ninety

• Later at the meeting.
• Little about the marketing.
• Writing a letter.
• The waiter brought water.
• Quarter inch in diameter.
• Eighty or Ninety percent.

Be careful!!!

True T

As in talk, to, terrible, talk, true, stop, return. This occurs at the beginning of the words (alone or with other consonants – st, tr, str) or in the middle of the words at the beginning of a stressed syllable.

Syllabic sound:

T = Silence When after N

When T comes after N, the T sound is dropped in many words.

a T should be fast and soft or barely heard at all.

Examples:

interview, interstate, international, wanted, don't know, printer, enter, twenty

Linking:

When two vowel sounds meet, we tend to insert an extra sound which resembles either a / j /, / w / or / r / , to mark the transition sound between the two vowels, a device referred to as intrusion. For example: · Intruding / r/ The media / r /are to blame. Law(r)andorder. · Intruding / j / I / j / agree. They / j /are here! · Intruding / w/ I want to/ w/eat. Please do/ w/it. ​

Assimilation

The word assimilation means to join, and become part of, a different large group. When certain sounds are followed by the word “you”, linking and reduction occurs together, and a completely different sound is produced. This is called assimilation.

Examples:

“t” & you = /tʃu/ (tchou) or /tʃə/ (tcha) can’t you meet you “d” & you = /dʒu/ (djou) or /dʒə/ (dja) did you would you

Intonation Patterns

When we make questions, we use two different intonations: Rising intonation (Yes/No questions) Are you a Chemist? Falling intonation (Information questions) Where do you study?