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 divided?
They are divided into consonants and vowels.
What do we call these lines / / ?
We call them slant lines.
What is a diphthong?
The appearance of 2 vowels together.
What are voiced consonants?
The ones having vibration when pronounced.
What is a point of articulation?
It refers to the position and place where a sound is produced.
How is the letter y represented phonetically?
It is represented like this /j/
How do we represent flapped /t/?
With a line under /t/
Which are the front vowels?
They are e, and i.
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/
How do we represent syllabic consonant?
With a kind of comma under the syllabic consonant.
Which are the back vowels?
They are o,and u.
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.
How do we represent aspiration?
With a p after voiceless sounds.
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.