English Consonants

The English consonantsThe English consonants

Marcela Fuentes D.Postgraduate programme

UGM

Marcela Fuentes D.Postgraduate programme

UGM

The English consonantsThe English consonants

Sounds with no air obstruction (stricture)

24 consonant sounds, different categories:

Voicing

Place of articulation

Manner of articulation

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VoicingVoicing

Voiced ConsonantsVoiced Consonants

i˘ bi˘t, si˘, sti˘l, li˘f <beat, sea, steel, leave>

I bIt, sIk, lIp, lIv <bit, sick, lip, live>

e bet, frend, rek <bet, friend, wreck>

Q kQt, trQp, bQd <cat, trap, bad>

A˘ lÅk, spÅt, lÅN, drÅp <lock, spot, long>

The English vowelsThe English vowels

Å lÅk, spÅt, lÅN, drÅp <lock, spot, long>

ç˘ bç˘t, spç˘t, lç˘ <bought, sport, law>

U lUk, bUk, tUk <look, book, took>

u˘ ru˘m, gru˘p, bu˘t <room, group, boot>

√ bl√d, b√s, m√nT <blood, bus, month>

The English vowelsThe English vowels

Œ˘ pŒ˘s, gŒ˘l, fŒ˘st <purse, girl, first>

´ ´baUt, ti˘tS´, mA˘v´l´s <about, teacher, marvelous>

/Œ˘/ and /´/ have the same sound, but /´/ is much shorter than /Œ˘/ and it’s never accented.

Closing diphthongsClosing diphthongs

Centring diphthonsCentring diphthons

DiphthongsDiphthongs

eI beI, meI, leIdi <bay, May, lady>

´U b´Ut, n´U, r´Ud <boat, no, road>

aI maIn, maI, raIs <mine, my, rice>

aU faUnd, maUT, naU <found, mouth, now>

çI bçI, tçI, mçIst <boy, toy, moist>

DiphthongsDiphthongsI´ tI´z, hI´, mI´ <tears, here, mere>

e´ fe´, ste´z, he´ <fair/ fare, stairs, hair>

U´ tU´, jU´r´p, kjU´ <tour, Europe, cure>

ç˘ tç˘, jç˘r´p, kjç˘ <tour, Europe, cure>