lesson 2 Flashcards
What are / / used for?
Single quotations, very general and broad
What are square brackets used for?
They are used to transcribe, more detailed and narrow, they are used to describe what you actually hear
[p]
P for party, plan, perfect, panda etc.
[b]
B for ball, bath, boy
[m]
m for magic, mum, maths
How are [p], [b] and [m] produced?
By closing the lips and releasing them
What makes [p] different from [b]?
[b] is voiced and [p] is voiceless
[m] and [b] are both _______ sounds
Voiced
What makes [m] different from [b]?
[m] is continuous and it is a nasal sound (air goes through nose) and [b] is not
[f]
f for finger, fat, frog
[v]
v for vase, volume, very
How are [f] and [v] produced?
by the top teeth and bottom lip
[f] and [v] are both _____ sounds
continuous
what makes [f] and [v] different to each other?
[f] is voiceless whereas [v] is voiced
[t]
t for toad, table, tangerine
[d]
d for dog, diamond, dance
[n]
for nose, napkin, knife
how are [t], [d] and [n] produced?
by the tongue and the ridge of the mouth and then a release
how is [t] different from [d] and [n]?
[t] is voiceless
how is [n] different from [d]?
[n] is Nasal and a continuous sound whereas [d] is not
[θ]
th sound, think, thought, throw
[ð]
the sound at the stare of the, that, then
how are [θ] and [ð] produced?
the tongue and the teeth
[θ] and [ð] are both continuous sounds so how do they differ?
[θ] is voiceless whereas [ð] is voiced
[s]
s for sandwich, spoon catS and snow
[z]
z for vase, rose, noSe, zoo, zip
how are the sounds [s] and [z] produced?
the tongue sides raise up to create small groove/channel with the ridge of the mouth
[s] and [z] are both ____ sounds
continuous
how do [s] and [v] differ?
[s] is voiceless whereas [z] is voiced
[i]
eeeee sound in fEEd,EAr and bE
[ɛ]
eh sound in hEAd,drEss, tEddy
[a]
ah sound in trap, bat, clap
what are [i], [ɛ] and [a] collectively known as?
vowel sounds
