Concepts
What is Phonetics?
The study of the symbols and rules fpr the correct pronunciation of a word.
How many phonemes are there in the phonemic alphabet?
There are 44 phonemes.
What is transcription?
To put words into phonemes.
How many are the vowel sounds in total?
They are 20.
What is a voiceless consonant?
What is a phoneme?
The graphic representation of a sound.
How are they classified?
They are divided into consonants and vowels. Consonants are classified by place manner and voicing. Vowels are classified by height of tongue/jaw, frontness/backness of tongue, lip rounding and length.
What do we call these lines / / ?
We call them slant lines for broad transcription.
What is a diphthong?
A vowel sound with ballistic articulator movement from one vowel sound into another.
What are voiced consonants?
The ones having vibration when pronounced.
What is the place of articulation?
It refers to the position and place of articulators making contact with each other to produce a sound.
How is the letter y represented phonetically?
It is represented like this /j/
How do we represent flapped /t/?
With the /ɾ / symbol.
Which are the front vowels?
They are ɪ i: e æ
What are stop consonants?
The ones we can't hold when pronounced.
What is an alveolar consonant?
Consonants in which the tongue slightly touches the alveolar ridge. (t,d,n,s,l)
How can the consonants 'th' be represented phonetically?
They are represented like this, /ɵ/ or /ᵭ/
Why do we use phonetic transcription?
To capture the specific way an individual says something (which may be the same or different to how we would say it ourselves).
Which are the back vowels?
They are ʊ ɔ and o: .
What are sibilant consonants?
The ones containing a hissisng sound.
What is a syllabic consonant?
When a syllable contains no vowel sound.
Which letters does this phoneme represent /ʧ/ ?
It represents the letters ch.
What is the term for inserting an extra consonant phoneme between two words in connected speech?
Juncture
Which is the most common vowel sound in English?
It is the schwa sound /ə/.
Mention the classification of consonants according to point of articulation.
Bilabial, labiodental, interdental,alveolar, palatal and velar.