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Phonemes Flashcards

1
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/ɑɪ, ɔɪ, ɑʊ/ are….

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phonemic

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/eɪ, oʊ/ are….

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allophonic

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3
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e description

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mid front unrounded tense

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4
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“ey”

late

cake

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e

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5
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“eee”

keep

sheep

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i

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6
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i description

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high front unrounded tense

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7
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“ih”

bit

kitten

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ɪ

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8
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ɪ description

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high front unrounded lax

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9
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“eh”

red

contest

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ɛ

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10
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ɛ description

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mid front unrounded lax

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11
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bat
splat
and

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æ

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12
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æ description

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low front unrounded lax

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13
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about
machine

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ə unstressed

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14
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ə description

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unstressed
mid central unrounded lax

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15
Q

“uh” –> drags out a bit longer
most monosyllabic words are stressed

bud
doubl

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ʌ stressed

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16
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ʌ description

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stressed

mid central unrounded lax

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17
Q

“errrr” –> on word ends

butter
sure
martyr

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ɚ

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18
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ɚ description

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high central rounded lax

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19
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“ir”

bird
shirt

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ɝ

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20
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ɝ

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high central rounded tense

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21
Q

“ooo”

moon
through

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u

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22
Q

u description

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high back rounded tense

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23
Q

wood

book

wolf

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ʊ

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24
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ʊ description

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high back rounded lax

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25
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“oh”

okay

soul

plateau

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o

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26
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o

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mid back rounded tense

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27
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“awe”

law

log

broad

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ɔ

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28
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ɔ

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mid back rounded lax

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29
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cod

bob

shawl

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ɑ

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30
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ɑ

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low back unrounded tense

31
Q

I

my

pride

A

ɑɪ

32
Q

pay

day

A

eɪ

33
Q

/eɪ/ description

A

allophonic

34
Q

/ɑɪ/ description

A

phonemic

35
Q

“ow”

how

brown

now

A

ɑʊ

36
Q

/ɑʊ/ description

A

phonemic

37
Q

“oh”

cold

flow

A

oʊ

38
Q

/oʊ/ description

A

allophonic

39
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“oy”

boy

loiter

oil

A

ɔɪ

40
Q

/ɔɪ/ description

A

phonemic

41
Q

/p/ description

A

voiceless labial stop

42
Q

/t/ description

A

voiceless alveolar stop

43
Q

kid

duck

cut

A

k

44
Q

/k/ description

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voiceless velar stop

45
Q

/b/ description

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voiced labial stop

46
Q

/d/ description

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voiced alveolar stop

47
Q

/g/ description

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voiced velar stop

48
Q

/f/ description

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voiceless labiodental fricative

49
Q

“th”

thief

bath

A

θ

50
Q

/θ/ description

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voiceless interdental fricative

51
Q

/s/ description

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voiceless alveolar fricative

52
Q

“sh”

ship

fish

A

ʃ

53
Q

/ʃ/ description

A

voiceless palatal fricative

54
Q

/h/ description

A

voiceless glottal fricative

55
Q

/v/ description

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voiced labiodental fricative

56
Q

“th”

the

bathe

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ð

57
Q

/ð/ description

A

voiced interdental fricative

58
Q

/z/ description

A

voiced alveolar fricative

59
Q

genre

beige

A

ʒ

60
Q

/ʒ/ description

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voiced palatal fricative

61
Q

“ch”

cheese

beach

A

tʃ

62
Q

/tʃ/ description

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voiceless palatal affricate

63
Q

jug

ridge

A

dʒ

64
Q

/dʒ/ description

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voiced palatal affricate

65
Q

/m/ description

A

voiced labial nasal

66
Q

/n/ description

A

voiced alveolar nasal

67
Q

/ŋ/ description

A

voiced velar nasal

68
Q

/w/ description

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labial glide approximant

69
Q

/l/ description

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alveolar liquid approximant

70
Q

/j/ description

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palatal glide approximant

71
Q

/ɹ/ description

A

liquid alveolar approximant

72
Q

“ruh”

row

robot

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ɹ

73
Q

when these vowels are replaced by another monothong or diphthong the meaning of the word changes

A

phonemic diphthongs

74
Q

these vowels can be broken down, but the meaning of the word won’t change

A

allophonic

Phonetics (3 decks)

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