english Flashcards
back vowels
[u] boot
[ʊ] book
[o] boat
[ɔ] bought
[ɑ] box
Central or Mixed Vowels
[ʌ] but
[ə] barrel
[ɝ] burn
[ɚ] better
[ə] – the schwa
(o) in official
official
(o) in offend
offend
(e and a) in funeral
funeral
[ɝ] - [ɜʳ]
curl unfurl verse worth
learn surf birth bird
hurt surge jerk serve
search word earth fur
[ɚ] – [əʳ]
giver clamor motor survivor
altar murder actor summer
father mother sister brother
Diphthongs
Sound composed of two consecutive vowels in the
same syllable to form a single vowel unit
[eɪ] bait
[oʊ] boat
[aɪ] by
[ɑʊ] bout
[ɔɪ] boy
what are the
R-Colored R-Reduced
[ɚ] [ʳ]
[ɛɚ] [ɛəʳ] air, care, there
[ɪɚ] [ɪəʳ] ear, dear, we’re
[ɔɚ] [ɔəʳ] pour, four, o’er
[ʊɚ] [ʊəʳ] sure, tour, poor
[ɑɚ] [ɑəʳ] are, heart, garde
what is a triphthong??
Sound composed of three consecutive vowels in
the same syllable to form a single vowel unit
[ɑɪɚ/ɑɪəʳ] as in lyre
[ɑʊɚ/ɑʊəʳ] as in our