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FONETICA DE LA LENGUA INGLESA
1º DE MAGISTERIO LENGUA EXTRANJERA
FACULTAD DE CC. DE LA EDUCACIÓN
UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA

I. PRELIMINARIES ...................................................................................................3
UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH PHONETICS.........................................3
1.1 Phonetics an Phonology; phoneme andallophone……………………………….3
1.2 Broad and Narrow transcription (Gimson)…………………………………………4
1.3. R.P. English...................................................................................................... 5

UNIT 2. THE PRODUCTION OF SPEECH ...........................................................7
2.1 Articulatory organs............................................................................................ 7
2.2 Description and classification of speech sounds............................................... 9

PUNTO DE ARTICULACION – PUNTO DE ARTICULACION ..............................12
UNIT 3. STRESS IN THE WORD AND IN THE SENTENCE..............................15
3.1. Stress in simple words ...................................................................................15
3.2 Prominence in the sentence............................................................................ 16

II. THE ENGLISH VOWEL SYSTEM ......................................................................19
Unit 4. The English vowels: Generalities.........................................................19
4.1 Vowels and Spelling: the five basic spelling rules........................................... 19
4.2 Pre-fortis clipping............................................................................................. 22

Unit 5. Individual vocalic phonemes ................................................................25
5.1 Vowel number 1 /i:/ ......................................................................................... 25
5.2 Vowel number 2 / I /........................................................................................ 27
5.3 Vowel number 3 /e /......................................................................................... 29
5.4 Vowel number 4 /æ / ....................................................................................... 31
5.5 Vowel number 5 /ʌ /........................................................................................ 32
5.6 Vowel number 6 / ɑ: /....................................................................................... 33
5.7 Vowel number 7 / ɒ / ....................................................................................... 35
5.8 Vowel number 8 /ɔ:/......................................................................................... 36
5.9 Vowelnumber 9 /ʊ/ ......................................................................................... 38
5.10 Vowel number 10 /u:/ .................................................................................... 39
5.11 Vowel number 11 / ɜ:/ .................................................................................. 40
5.12 Vowel number 12 /ə/.................................................................................... 42

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Enrique Lafuente Millán

Fonética de la Lengua Inglesa

Unit 6. The English Diphthongs........................................................................45
6.1 Vowel Glides to / I /: /e I /, / a I / y /ɔ I / ............................................................ 45
6.2 Vowel Glides to /ʊ/: /əʊ / y /aʊ/..................................................................... 46
6.3 Vowel Glides to /ə/: / Iə/, /eə/ y /ʊə/ .............................................................. 47

III. THE ENGLISH CONSONANTS.........................................................................49
Unit 7. Plosive consonants ...............................................................................49
7.1. Generalidades:...