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PHONETICS

Esp. Carla Yañez


Thu18.30 -20.30

3834355979
[email protected]

2024
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Phonemic Chart - English RP

Vowels & Diphthongs

Long Vowels

Short Vowels

Diphthongs

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Phonemic Chart

English Consonants
Plosives

Fricatives

Affricates Nasals

Approximants

Voiceless Voiced

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English RP

English Diphthongs
How are the words below pronounced?
Write the words under the correct diphthong.

idea boy slow mouse

light air cake oil

sure proud kind year

why care ear late

though say poor bear

tour brown go toy

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English RP

Long & Short Vowels


Which vowel sound corresponds to the letters in bold?
Circle your answer.

SHEEP UNCLE WARM

CAT WORD MARRY

STAR HEARD PULL

CAUGHT BLISS BIRD

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English RP

English Consonants
MATCH THE PAIRS OF CONSONANTS.
Most English consonant sounds are paired, having the same place and manner of
articulation. The difference between them is that one of the consonants in each pair is
voiced and the other is voiceless.

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Place of
Articulation
ENGLISH CONSONANTS

PALATAL RETROFLEX

To produce this sound, The tip of the tongue is


which is in fact a curled upward and
semivowel, the tongue backward, approximating
articulates against the but not touching the
hard palate. alveolar ridge.

LABIO-VELAR GLOTTAL

This sound is really a This sound is produced in


semivowel, and it has a the glottis, where the
double articulation vocal cords make close
consisting of rounding the contact and friction. In
lips while the back of the fact, it is produced as a
tongue is raised towards voiceless vowel though it
the velum or soft palate. behaves as a consonant.

VELAR

These consonants are produced by raising the back part of


the tongue against the velum or soft palate.

ACTIVE ARTICULATORS

LOWER LIP
TONGUE

PASSIVE ARTICULATORS

UPPER LIP
UPPER TEETH
ALVEOLAR RIDGE
HARD PALATE
SOFT PALATE OR VELUM
UVULA
PHARYNGEAL WALL

Voiceless Voiced 7
Place of
Articulation
ENGLISH CONSONANTS
Place of articulation refers to where the obstruction is
made to the airflow when the sound is produced. Some
consonants in English have a secondary articulation.

BILABIAL

These consonants are produced by articulating the upper


and lower lip, which are in complete contact.

LABIO-DENTAL DENTAL

The lower lip is curled They are produced with


back and raised to slightly the tip of the tongue softly
touch the upper teeth. touching the upper teeth.

ALVEOLAR

To produce these consonants, the tip of the tongue makes


contact with the alveolar ridge.

POST-ALVEOLAR

These sounds are articulated with the tongue near or


touching the back of the alveolar ridge. The production of
the two affricates involves the tip of the tongue touching the
alveolar ridge, but then separating progressively.

Voiceless Voiced 8
PHONETICS
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VOWELS,
DIPHTONGS &
TRIPHTONGS
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