Phonetics
One of these has a different vowel pronunciation:
set
great
state
What is set?
These three sounds are always aspirated at the beginning of an English word by native speakers.
What are [p], [t], and [k]?
This explains English word stress.
What is "it is unpredictable"?
This is how many words are typically in an English thought group.
What is 3-5?
This is the sound that is produced for most reduced syllables in English.
What is [ə]?
This happens in Standard American English because it is a "rhotic variety" of English.
What is "all /r/ sounds" are pronounced?
These English words are pronounced with a [z] instead of an [s] at the end when an "s" is added.
What are words that end with a voiced sound?
This is a typical pattern for turning an English noun into a verb using stress.
What is moving the stress from the first syllable to the second?
English thought groups are separated by these.
What are pauses?
This is the second most common sound for reduced vowels in English.
What is [ɪ]?
This is the sound typically represented by the letter "H" in written English.
What is [h]?
This is how an American "r" sound is pronounced.
What is turning the tip of the tongue backward?
This is where word stress moves when the suffix "ation" is added.
What is the [eɪ] ?
or What is the second to last syllable?
English thought groups typically have this many phrasal stresses.
What is one?
These syllables are almost always reduced in English.
What are unstressed syllables?
These are the two possible pronunciations of the letter combination "th" in English.
What are [θ] and [ð]?
This is how "L" sounds are pronounced at the end of a syllable in American English.
What is [ɫ]?
This is the syllable that takes the stress in a normal compound noun in English.
What is the first?
English articles and prepositions would typically be found here in a thought group.
What is the beginning?
This is the written equivalent of spoken reductions, elisions, and deletions.
What are contractions?
This is the sound at the beginning of the word "tree" in Standard American English.
What is [t͡ʃ]?
This is where "T" sounds in American English become a [ɾ] flap or tap.
What is between a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable?
This is the syllable where stress is typically placed in words that begin with "in-".
What is the second?
This is what English thought groups correspond to in the minds of English speakers.
What are syntactic phrases?
This is the reduced and elided pronunciation of:
"Get her done."
What is [gɛɾɹ̩ dʌn]?