Phonetics

PHONETICS
It is the branch of Linguistics that studies the production, transmision and reception of speech sounds.

The English Language has 26 letters and more than 40 sounds. The sounds of thelanguaje are divided into vowels and consonants. When the vocal cords vibrate, the sound is “voiced”, when the vocal cords don`t vibrate, the sound is “voiceless”. All vowels are voiced, butconsonants can be voiced or voiceless. In addition all vowels and some consonants can use a shorter or a longer period of time depending of wich sounds precede or follow.

The phonetic alphabet includesmost of the 26 letters of the alphabet and other new simbols. These phonetic letters and symbols must be written between “slash mark”.
One phonetic symbol represents only sound phonemics meansprocedures for establishing the phonemes of the language and the system that result Phonetics is the study of the production, transmission and reception of the speech sounds

Consonant sounds
Thesephonetics symbols represent English sounds. Vowel sounds Are combinations of sounds Phonetic features Speech sounds, vowels and consonants are classified by their phonetic features. A phonetic feature meansa movement or a position of the speech organs.

Voicng.- It has relation with the vocal cords, when the vocal cords vibrate these sounds are voiced. Place of articulation: It is the place in thevocal tract where the obstruction of the air accurs Examples: - The two lips together bilabial sounds /p/b//m/ Manner of articulation: It refers to the degree of air obstruction that means how the airstream flows. They are.

VOICING

VOICED VOICELES BILABIAL LABIO DENTAL DENTAL OR INTERDENTAL ALVEOLAR PALATAL VELAR GLOTTAL STOPS

PLACE OF ARTICULATION

PHONETICS FEACTURES MANNER OFARTICULATION CONTINUANTS

FRICATIVE AFFRICATES NASALS LATERAL RETROFLEX SEMICONSONANTS

TENSENESS (vowels)

TENSE LAX

Vowel sounds
Vowels are a critical component of speech because every...