Phonetics - Symbols Flashcards

1
Q

/i/

A

“Please see the cheese freezes evenly”

E Ski He Seed

Ceasar Phoenix Machine Esteem

Release People Leap Reeling

Knead Believe Ceiling Lease

Please Anemic Treatise Previous

Beneath See Sea

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2
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/ɪ/

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/i/ pronounced /ɪ/ when unstressed, word ending, open syllable

“It will still chill on the window sill”

It Been Hid Limp

Did City List Women

Rich Pick Cyst Trick

Middle Bid Wick Quiver

Slid Shrimp Mickey Till

Rip Simple Swim Willy

Picking

Note: City, Mickey, & Willy all end in /ɪ/

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3
Q

/e/

A
/e/ = unstressed syllables
/eɪ/ = stressed syllables

Vacation Chaotic Obeyance Operate

Ballet Locate Holiday Eighteenth

Alteration Capon Seance Staying

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4
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/eɪ/

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“The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”

A Ate Rain Hey

Play Favor Agent Way

Paid Trade Eight Steak

Whey Maybe Neighbor Fiancee

Today Wayside Parade Layman

Straight Dissuade Sailor Halo

Daytime

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5
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/ɛ/

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“Ned fed Ed the better bread instead.”

Met Bed Head Again

Any Friend Weather Bet

Any Send Ferry Attempt

Regret Spell Tear Berry

Merry Expect Repent Message

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6
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/æ/

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“The fantastic acrobats added trampolines to the act.”

Sat Laugh Had Trap

Stand Adam Bad Sass

Hand Answer Crass Glass

Alabaster Hang Handsome Paster

Analogous Alcohol Hammer Alabama

San Diego Piano Standard Bland

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8
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/a/

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Not commonly used in Standard American English except for diphthongs

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9
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/u/

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“Who knew you choose the chartreuse shoes?”

Oooo Food Blue Rule

Two Shoe Sue Ooze

Drew Canoe Cruise New

Noodle Dilute Pollute Astute

Cruel Rudely Student Balloon

Allude Stupid Useful Universe

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10
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/ʊ/

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“He should’ve put up the hood but it wouldn’t look good.”

Foot Put Could Pudding

Wood Hoof Should Nook

Bull Understood Good Cook

Pull Sugar Brook Fullness

Rook Shook

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11
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/o/

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Allophone of /oʊ/ in unstressed syllables

Notation Vocation Dodecagon Rotate

Collate Locate Mode Toes

Ocean Ode Emotion Road

Rollcall Donate Shoulder Rodeo

Solo Roanoke Denote Soldier

Follow

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12
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/oʊ/

A

/oʊ/ is the phoneme
/o/ is the allophone

“Joe Blow goes slowly down the road”
Row Though Over No

Mode Slow Beau Hoe

Sew Broach Yeoman Molded

Snowman Owner Loaned Shoulder

Boulder Toaster Abode Roaming

Rolling

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13
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/ɔ/

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Many dialects of American English merge this phoneme with /ɑ/

“Norma brought in coffee for the office”

For Office Cough Aww

Saw Haunt Yawn Awl

Ought Caught Orange Law

Dog Cough Office Cord

Origin Quarrel Haunt Foreign

Laurel Moral

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14
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/ɑ/

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“Ali Baba wants olives on the carpet”

Ahh Hot Bar Opera

Call Pot Slot Imposter

Clod Common Holler Balm

College Honor Folly Doll

Socket Opera Holly Admonish

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15
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/ʌ/

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“Pucker up for buttercups”

Uh Fun Done Cup

Rough One Nut Abut

Enough Sun Trust Clutter

Tumble Someone Ruckus Lustrous

Customer Supper Number Upset

Puppet Once Bucket

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16
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/ɑɪ/

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“Try to hide your lying eyes”

Eye Find Sigh Aisle

Mine Tyke Like Brine

Style Might Silo Riot

Trial Lightening Nighttime Friday

Wyoming Rhyme Ice Bicycle

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17
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/aʊ/

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“How now brown cow”

Ow Out Cow Round

Flout Clown Stout Couch

Ouster Downtown Tower Aloud

Astound Chowder Housewife Outcast

Doubtful Downspout Ourselves

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18
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/ɔɪ/

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“Enjoy avoiding the noisy boys from Eloy.”

Oy Oil Toy Ploy

Roy Spoil Boil Sirloin

Typhoid Cloister Alloy Royal

Point Decoy Anoint Foyer

Destroy Annoy Turquoise

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19
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/ɜ/

A

This is a variant of /ɝ/

Used in British English

It is sometimes used for children who can’t pronounce their “r”

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20
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/ɝ/

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“Her bird learned first to hurry, then to work”

Fir Burn Fern Service

Server First Birthday Worthy

Thorough Furnish Hurry Flirt

Return Sir Return Perverse

Burner Turpentine Church Assert

Serpent Irk Worker Stirrup

Purged Kernel Divert Inert

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21
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/ə/

A

Consider “p-p-p-p-p”.
(The vowel sound between the p’s is /ə/)

It never appears in one syllable words

It’s never in a stressed syllable - only in unstressed syllables

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22
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/ɚ/

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Only occurs in unstressed syllables

Northern Upper Ruler Stirrer

Merger Stupor Laquer Surgery

Murmuring Loitering Worker Murderer

Earner Higher Barber

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26
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/b/

A

But

Rabbit

Cupboard

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27
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/p/

A

Pay

Supper

Hicccough

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28
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/d/

A

doll

add

raised

could

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29
Q

/ʒ/

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Voiced

“Zsa Zsa measure the treasure at her leisure.”

Rouge Diversion

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29
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/t/

A

Tail

Walked

Doubt

Thomas

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30
Q

/p/ Intrusion

A

Comfort: / k ʌ m p f ɚ t /

Warmth: / w ɔ r m p θ /

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31
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/t/ Intrusion

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Dance: / d æ n t s /

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32
Q

/g/

A

Go

Egg

Vague

Guess

Ghose

Exist: When /gz/ and not /ks/

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33
Q

/k/

A

Back

Cut

Chemical

Occur

Fix

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34
Q

/k/ Shortening

A

Sometimes for “ngth”

Length: / l ɛ ŋ k θ /

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35
Q

/v/

A

Vine

Savvy

Of

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36
Q

/f/

A

Fan

Off

Phone

Enough

Half

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37
Q

/ð/

A

This

Bathe

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38
Q

/z/

A

Zoo

Buzz

Is

Scissors

Xylophone

Exist: When /gz/ and not /ks/

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39
Q

/s/

A

Say

Miss

City

Waltz

Listen

Box

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40
Q

/h/

A

Happy

Who

Monaghan

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41
Q

/m/

A

Man

Summer

Womb

Diaphragm

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42
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/ʃ/

A

Voiceless

“Trish and Cheryl shared the fashionable shoes with relish”

shoe wish mission action

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42
Q

/n/

A

Now

Funny

Knife

Gnome

Sign

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43
Q

/ŋ/

A

Thing

Think

Finger

Tongue

Anxious

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44
Q

/l/

A

Law

All

Little

Island

Kiln

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45
Q

/θ/

A

“Thelma thought of Theo through thick and thin.”

Think Bath Athens

45
Q

/r/

A

Red

Carry

Wrong

Rhymne

Corps

Mortgage

46
Q

/ʤ/

A

Jam

Gem

Adjacent

Bridge

Cordial

47
Q

/ʧ/

A

Chief

Catch

Cello

Righteous

Question

Nature

Mansion

48
Q

/w/

A

Won

One

Queen

Choir

49
Q

/ʍ/ or /hw/

A

Which

Whistle

50
Q

/j/

A

Yes

Onion

Hallelujah

Poignant

51
Q

/ʀ/

A

French R

52
Q

/ʁ/

A

French R

53
Q

/ɥ/

A

Huit

54
Q

/ɾ̲ /

A

Flap “D”

55
Q

[ æ: ]

A

Lengthened /æ/

56
Q

[ w̥ ]

A

Partially devoiced /w/

57
Q

[ s̬ ]

A

Partially voiced

58
Q

[ ɛ̞ ]

A

Slightly lowered /ɛ/

59
Q

[ ʊ̝ ]

A

Slightly raised /ʊ/

60
Q

[ pʰ ]

A

Aspirated /p/

61
Q

[ d ̚ ]

A

Unreleased /d/

62
Q

[ l̰ ]

A

Velarized /l/

63
Q

[ ᵊo͞ʊ ]

A

Onglide

64
Q

[ o͞ʊᵊ ]

A

Offglide

65
Q

[ u¹ ], [ u² ], [ u³ ]

A

Stress

66
Q

[ u¹ ]

A

Primary Stress

67
Q

[ u² ]

A

Secondary Stress

68
Q

[ u³ ]

A

Tertiary Stress

69
Q

[ ɛ̃ ]

A

Nasalized

70
Q

[ ɛ͊ ]

A

Nasal Emissions

71
Q

[ need symbol ]

Tilda w/ slash through it

A

Denasalized

72
Q

[ u͗ ]

A

Rounded Vowel

73
Q

[ u͑ ]

A

Unrounded vowel

74
Q

[ kʷ ]

A

Labialized Consonant

75
Q

[ wͫ ]

A

Non-Labialized Consonant

76
Q

[ b̑̆ ]

A

Inverted Lip

77
Q

[ t̪ ]

A

Dentalized

78
Q

[ s̡ ]

A

Palatalized

79
Q

[ s̯ ]

A

Lateralized

80
Q

[ n̢ ]

A

Rhoticized

81
Q

[ æ̱ ]

A

Centralized

82
Q

[ æ̙ ]

A

Retracted

83
Q

[ ɑ̘ ]

A

Advanced

84
Q

[ ʊ̝ ]

A

Raise

85
Q

[ ʊ̞ ]

A

Lowered

????

86
Q

[ s ]

<

A

Fronted Consonant

87
Q

[ z ]

>

A

Backed Consonant

88
Q

[ ]

A

Derhotacized

89
Q

[ ɑ̣ ]

A

Glottalized

90
Q

[ e̤͞ɪ ]

A

Breathy

91
Q

[ t ]

̽

A

Frictionalized

92
Q

[ s ]

/|\

A

Whistled

93
Q

[ r̩ ̗ ]

A

Trilled

94
Q

[ n̩ ]

A

Syllabic

95
Q

[ t ̄̄ ]

A

Unaspirated

96
Q

[ u > ]

[ s > ]

A

Shortened

97
Q

[ no marking ]

A

Close Juncture

98
Q

[ + ]

A

Open Juncture

99
Q

[ ˌ ]

A

Internal Open Juncture

100
Q

[ tʊde͞ɪ↓]

A

Falling Terminal Junction

101
Q

[ tʊde͞ɪ↑]

A

Rising Terminal Junction

102
Q

[ tʊde͞ɪ→]

A

Checked Juncture

Held Juncture

103
Q

[ d͡zu ]

A

Synchronic Tie

104
Q

[ ∗ ]

A

Unintelligible Syllable

105
Q

[ Ⓐ ]

[ Circled ? ]

A

Questionable Segment

106
Q

[ . ]

A

Pause. Longest of options