ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

PETER ROACH

INTRODUCTION

Purpose

To explain how English is pronounced in England.

PHONETICS PHONOLOGY

Studies a general theory about speech

sounds

Studies how speech sounds are used in the

language.

PHONEMES

It is advisable to think about English pronunciation in terms of phonemes rather than letters of the alphabet

VOWELS CONSONANTS

KNOWLEDGE /'nɒlɪdʒ/

IPA CONSONANTS

IPA VOWELS

STRESS INTONATION

INTERESTING

Where are you from?

ACCENT

DIALECT

PronunciationVocabulary Grammar

Word order

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