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What is Phonetics?

It deals with the production of speech sounds

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What is an affricate a mix of?

It is a mix of a plosive (stop) and a fricative; so pause and high pressured air
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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/aɪ lɪv ɪn speɪn/

I live in Spain.

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What is Phonology?

The study of speech sounds in a particular language.

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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈmaɪ ˈneɪm ˈɪz ˈmɛrɪ./

My name is Mary

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Phonetics has to do with how...

Sounds are transmitted and received

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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈɑr ˈju ˈmɛrid?/

Are you married?

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What are two important features of the consonants?

Place and Manner

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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈaɪd ˈlʌv ˈtu./

I'd love to

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What are the most important articulators for the vowels?

The tongue and the mouth

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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈdu ˈju ˈspik ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ?/

Do you speak English?

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What is Place (for consonants?

Where the sounds are being articulated

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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈdu ˈju ˈhæv ˈɛnɪ ˈpɛts?/

Do you have any pets?

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What is the purpose of the IPA chart?

To show us the different sounds that we have in English; the way we speak and how they work together

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What does IPA stand for?

International Phonetic Alphabet

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What is a difference between the Consonants and Vowels?

Name any feature possible

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What is Manner (for consonants)?

How the sounds are being articulated
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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˈhæv ˈtaɪm./

I don't have time

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What is a bilabial?

It just means that both lips have to touch in order for the sound to articulate.

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Decipher the meaning of the phonetic transcription

/ˈθæŋk ˈju ˈsoʊ ˈmʌtʃ./

Thank you so much

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What is a plosive (stop)?

It just means that there is a pause before the articulation of the sound.

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What does Phonology deal with?

The groupings of sounds and how they work together.

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How can we classify the consonants? (Two)

Voiced and voiceless

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What is a fricative?

It just means that high pressured air is released in order for the sound to articulate.

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How can we classify the vowels? (Two)

Rounded vs unrounded