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English Phonemic Symbols and Signs: Introduction To Phonetics and Phonology J. Strässler

This document introduces the phonemic symbols and signs used in English phonetic transcription. It lists the consonant and vowel phonemes in the English language, including stops, nasals, fricatives, affricates, approximants, glides, long vowels, diphthongs, and short vowels. It also notes prosodic marks used to indicate stress patterns.

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English Phonemic Symbols and Signs: Introduction To Phonetics and Phonology J. Strässler

This document introduces the phonemic symbols and signs used in English phonetic transcription. It lists the consonant and vowel phonemes in the English language, including stops, nasals, fricatives, affricates, approximants, glides, long vowels, diphthongs, and short vowels. It also notes prosodic marks used to indicate stress patterns.

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Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology

J. Strssler

ENGLISH PHONEMIC SYMBOLS AND SIGNS


The following consonant letters have their usual English sound values: p, b, t, d, k, m, n, l, r, f, v, z, h, w The remaining consonant letters and the vowel letters have no unique sound value: Consonant-like phonemes: Voiceless stops: nasals: p as in 'pea' t as in 'tea' k as in 'key' Voiced b as in 'bee' d as in 'do' g as in 'go' l as in 'map' m as in 'nap' M as in 'hang' v C z Y as in as in as in as in 'vat' 'that' 'zip' 'measure'

fricatives:

f as in 'fat' S as in 'thin' s as in 'sip' R as in 'ship' g as in 'hat' sR as in 'chin' liquids:

affricates: approximants:

cY as in 'gin'

Note:

k as in 'led' q as in 'red' glides: i as in 'yet' v as in 'wet' w occurs as a variant for j in Scottish words (as in 'loch') subscript <(as in k<+m<) indicates a syllabic consonant long vowels: h9 as in 'key' diphthongs: dH `H NH ?T `T H? d? T? as in 'bay' as in 'buy' as in 'boy' as in 'low' as in 'how' as in 'here' as in 'there' as in 'moor'

Vowel-like phonemes: short vowels: H as in 'pit' d as in 'pet' (US: D) z as in 'pat' U as in 'cut' P as in 'pot' (US: @9) T as in 'put' ? as in 'potato', 'upper'

@9 as in 'car' N9 as in 'core' t9 as in 'coo' 29 as in 'cur' (US: 2_ )


?9

US: nT US: H_ US:D_ US:T_

Prosodic marks: ! the following syllable carries primary (tonic) stress; $ the following syllable caries secondary stress.

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