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7/27/2019 Phonetics K J http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/phonetics-k-j 1/4 PHONETICS The word Phonetics has its roots in the Greek word ‘Phone’ which means  ‘sound/voice’. Phonetics is the systematic study of speech sounds and their articulation, audition and perception. In English there are twenty-six letters but forty-four sounds. The Speech sounds in English are divided into two main categories: vowel sounds and consonant sounds. Vowel Sounds: A vowel is a voiced sound in the production of which there is no obstruction of airflow anywhere through its passage from the lungs. There are twenty vowel sounds which are subdivided into Monophthongs or Pure Vowels (twelve) and Diphthongs or Vowel glides (eight). Out of twelve vowels there are seven Short Vowels and five Long Vowels. A diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds. It is a glide from one vowel sound to another, as in boy. Sr. No. Monophthongs (Pure Vowels) Diphthongs (Vowel Glides) Short vowels Long vowels 1. i / I kit i:  fleece aɪ  price 2. ʊ  foot u:  food eɪ  face 3. e dress æ trap ɔɪ choice 4.  ə about ɔ: thought ɪə near 5. ɔ / ɒ lot ɑ: start eə  fair 6. ʌ strut ʊə  poor 7. ɜ: nurse aʊ mouth 8. əʊ goat Consonants: A consonant is a voiced or voiceless sound in the production of which the obstruction of the airflow is either partial or complete. The consonants are twenty-four in number. Sr. No. Voiced Sr. No. Voiceless 1. b back 16. p  pen 2. d day 17. t tea 3. g get 18. k key 4. dʒ  judge 19.  fat 5. v view 20. θ thing 6.  ð this 21.  s soon 7. z zero 22.  ʃ  ship 8. ʒ pleasure 23. h hot 

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PHONETICS

The word Phonetics has its roots in the Greek word ‘Phone’ which means

 ‘sound/voice’. Phonetics is the systematic study of speech sounds and their

articulation, audition and perception.

In English there are twenty-six letters but forty-four sounds. The Speechsounds in English are divided into two main categories: vowel sounds andconsonant sounds.

Vowel Sounds:A vowel is a voiced sound in the production of which there is no obstruction of airflow anywhere through its passage from the lungs. There are twenty vowelsounds which are subdivided into Monophthongs or Pure Vowels (twelve)and Diphthongs or Vowel glides (eight). Out of twelve vowels there areseven Short Vowels and  five Long Vowels. A diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds. It is a glide from one vowel sound to another, as in boy. 

Sr.

No.

Monophthongs

(Pure Vowels)

Diphthongs

(Vowel Glides)

Short vowels Long vowels

1.  i / I kit  i:   fleece aɪ   price

2.  ʊ   foot  u:   food  eɪ   face

3.  e dress æ trap ɔɪ  choice

4. 

ə  about  ɔ: thought  ɪə  near 5.  ɔ / ɒ  lot  ɑ: start  eə   fair 

6.  ʌ  strut  ʊə   poor 

7.  ɜ: nurse aʊ  mouth

8.  əʊ  goat 

Consonants:

A consonant is a voiced or voiceless sound in the production of which the

obstruction of the airflow is either partial or complete. The consonants are

twenty-four in number.

Sr.

No.

Voiced Sr.

No.

Voiceless

1.  b back  16.  p  pen

2.  d day  17.  t tea

3.  g get  18.  k key 

4.  dʒ   judge 19.  f   fat 

5.  v view  20.  θ thing

6.  ð this 21.  s soon

7.  z zero 22.   ʃ   ship

8.  ʒ  pleasure  23.  h hot 

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9.  m more 24.  t ʃ   church

10.  n nice

11.  ŋ ring

12.  l light 

13.  r right 

14.   j yet 

15.  w wet 

Phonetic Transcription:

Phonetic transcription is a system for transcribing sounds that occur

in spoken language or signed language.

Vowels:

i / I i: ʊ  u:Sit  /sɪt / Sheep  / ʃ iːp/ Should  / ʃʊd/ Fool  /fuːl/

Ship  / ʃɪp/ Seat  /siːt/ Would  /wʊd/ Pool  /puːl/

Is  /ɪz/ Ease  /iːz/ Full  /f ʊl/ Food  /fuːd/

It  /ɪt/ Eat  /iːt/ Pull  /pʊl/ Mood  /muːd/

ə e æ ʌ 

About  /əˈbaʊt/ Head /hed/ Hat /hæt/ Cut  /kʌt/

Alarm  /əˈlɑːm/ Dead /ded/ Cat /kæt/ Hut  /hʌt/

Again  /əˈgen/ Bed /bed/ Bad /bæt/ Much  /mʌt ʃ  /

Alone  /əˈləʊn/ Pen /pen/ Had /hæd/ luck  /lʌk/

ɜ: ɑ: ɔ / ɒ  ɔ:Nurse  /nɜːs/ Heart  /hɑːt/ Pot  /p ɒt/ Dawn  /dɔːn/

Purse  /pɜːs/ Cart  /kɑːt/ Dot  /d ɒt/ Flaw  /flɔ ː/

Girl  /gɜːl/ Hard  /hɑːd/ What  /w ɒt/ Jaw  /dʒɔ ː/

Pearl  /pɜːl/ bard  /bɑːd/ shot  / ʃ  ɒt/ Draw  /drɔ ː/

Diphthongs: 

aI eI  ɔI aʊ 

why  /waɪ / wait  /weɪt/ boy  /bɔɪ / wow  /waʊ /

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buy  /baɪ / plain  /pleɪn/  joy  /d ʒɔɪ / plough  /plaʊ /

my  /maɪ / date  /deɪt/ boil  /bɔɪl/ now  /naʊ /

fry  /fraɪ / shape  / ʃ eɪp/ spoil  /spɔɪl/ doubt  /daʊt/

Iə eə  ʊə  əʊ 

dear  /dɪə/ there  /ðeə/ cure  /kjʊə / no  /nəʊ /

near  /nɪə/ where  /weə/ tour  /tʊə/ show  / ʃ əʊ /

clear  /klɪə / fair  /feə / pure  /pjʊə/ note  /nəʊt/

sheer  / ʃɪə/ chair  /t ʃ eə /  jury  /dʒʊəri/ robe  /rəʊb/

Important Words:

Vowels:

•  ɪ  kit, bid, hymn, minute 

•  e dress, bed, head, many  

•  æ trap, bad  

•  ɒ  lot, odd, wash 

•  ʌ  strut, mud, love, blood  

•  ʊ  foot, good, put  

•  i:  fleece, sea, machine 

•  eɪ  face, day, break  

•  aɪ  price, high, try  

•  ɔɪ choice, boy  

•  u: goose, two, blue, group 

•  əʊ  goat, show, no 

•  aʊ  mouth, now  

•  ɪə near, here, weary  

•  eə square. fair, various 

•  ɑ: start, father  

•  ɔ: thought, law, north war  

•  ʊə  poor, jury, cure 

•  ɜ: nurse, stir, learn, refer  

•  ə about, common,

standard  

•  I happy, radiate, glorious 

•  U thank you, influence,

situation 

•  n  suddenly, cotton 

•  l   middle, metal  

•  ‘ (stress mark) 

Consonants:

•  p pen, copy, happen 

•  b back, baby, job 

•  t tea, tight, button 

• d day, ladder, odd  

•  k key, clock, school  

•  g get, giggle, ghost  

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•  t ʃ  church, match, nature 

•  dʒ  judge, age, soldier  

•  f fat, coffee, rough, photo 

•  v view, heavy, move 

•  θ thing, author, path 

•  ð this, other, smooth 

•  s soon, cease, sister  

•  z zero, music, roses, buzz  

•   ʃ  ship, sure, national  

•  ʒ  pleasure , vision 

•  h hot, whole, ahead  

•  m more, hammer, sum 

•  n nice, know, funny, sun 

•  ŋ ring, anger, thanks

sung 

•  l light, valley, feel  

•  r right, wrong, sorry,

arrange 

•   j yet, use, beauty, few  

• w wet, one, when, queen 

Diphthongs:

ɪə year, beer, ear

eə chair, where, there

əʊ joke, vote, throw

aʊ vow, lounge, out

eɪ they, bathe, way

aɪ  thigh, dice, my

ɔɪ   joy, noise, choice

ʊə  cure, tour, pure, jury