ENGLISH PHONETICS

English Phonetics

Task 5-Step 1

Lorena urrego vasquez

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Consonant Sounds

/S/ Sound

Fricative

Manner:

Place of articulation:

Alveolar

Articulators involved:

Tongue against alveolar ridge

Voiced or voiceless:

Voiceless

sail: /seɪl/pass: /pɑːs/

Examples:

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/ʃ/ sound

Fricative

Manner:

Place of articulation:

Post-alveolar

Back of the tongue near the palate

Articulators involved:

Voiceless

Voiced or voiceless:

Sugar: /ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/Wishes: /wɪʃ/

Examples:

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/k/ sound

Plosive

Manner:

Place of articulation:

Velar

Back of the tongue and velum

Articulators involved:

Voiceless

Voiced or voiceless:

Candy : /kændi/Sick : /sɪk/

Examples:

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/b/ sound

Plosive

Manner:

Place of articulation:

Bilabial

Both lips

Articulators involved:

Voiced

Voiced or voiceless:

Batman: /ˈbæt.mən/obtain : /əbˈteɪn/

Examples:

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/ʒ/ sound

Fricative

Manner:

Place of articulation:

Palato-alveolar

The main articulator is the tongue, which is positioned close to the postalveolar region.

Articulators involved:

Voiced

Voiced or voiceless:

beige: /beɪʒ/measure: /ˈmɛʒər/

Examples:

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Diphthongs

Diphthong /aʊ/

EXAMPLES:-About: /əˈbaʊt/ -Cow: /kaʊ/

Diphthong /eə/

EXAMPLES:- Pair:/peər/ (UK) -Care: /keər/ (UK)

03

Content words

Examples: -The Sky is blue Sky and blue give the important information in the sentence. -My cat is Excited Cat and excited give the important information in the sentence.

A content word is a word that carries semantic meaning and contributes to the meaning of a sentence.

Content words are typically nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

04

Function Word

Examples: -Sentence: She is happy for her birthday . Function words:She, is, her -Sentence: Our family listen to music very loudly. Function words: Our, to, very

In this group we find: Determiners, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and auxiliary verbs.

The functional word is one that establishes grammatical relationships between other words within a sentence or clause.

05

Falling Intonation

It is often associated with declarative statements or sentences that convey completion or finality.

Falling intonation is the vocal pattern where your voice descends in pitch at the end of a sentence or phrase.

Examples: -What do you want? -I will visit my home. -That's all for today.

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Raising intonation

It is often associated with questions or statements that seek confirmation, clarification, request or express uncertainty.

Rising intonation is a speech pattern in which the pitch or tone of the voice rises towards the end of a sentence

Examples: -Do you like this movie? -Could you look up the book?

Thanks!