Pronunciation Flashcards
/ɪ/
Monophtong
Sit, Lip
Short half close front
/i:/
Monopthong
Beat, flea, ceiling, people
long close front
/e/
Monophthong
bed, merry, perish, wreck
Short mid front
/æ/
Monopthong
Bat, bad, lamp, badge
short (half) open front
/ʌ/
Monopthong
but
short front open
/ə
Monopthong (schwa)
Better, abover, again, contain
Central vowel
/uː/
Monopthong
mood, shoe, tomb, do
long back close
/ʊ/
Monopthong
put, woman, bullet
short half close back
/ɔː/
Monopthong
saw, falcon, naughty
long mid back
/ɒ/
Monopthong
got, not, cloth, cough
short open back
/ɑː/
Monopthong
Father, almond, laugh
long open back
/eɪ/
Diphtong
late, day
closing
/aɪ/
Diphtong
my, kite, die
closing
/aʊ/
Diphtong
scout, allow, bow
closing
/əʊ/
Diphtong
boat, nose, bowling
closing
/ɔɪ/
Diphtong
boy, joint
closing
/ɪə/
Diphthong
hear (brittish pron.)
Centring
/eə/
Dipthong
Hair
Centring
/ʊə/
Dipthong
Poor (elderly speakers)
centring
/aɪə/
Triphthong
tire (brittish pron)
Centring
/aʊə/
Triphthong
tower (brittish pron.)
Centring
/p/
Consonant
pen
voiceless bilabial plosive
/b/
Consonant
bend
voiced bilabial plosive
/t/
Consonant
ten
voiceless alveolar (tandvall) plosive
d
Consonant
den
vioced alveolar (tandvall) plosive
/k/
Consonant
can
voiceless velar (gomsegel) plosive
/g/
Consonant
give
voiced velar (gomsegel) plosive
/m/
Consonant
men
voiced bilabial nasal
/n/
Consonant
net
voiced alveolar (tandvall) nasal
/ŋ/
Consonant long voiced velar (gomsegel) nasal
/l/
Consonant
let
voiced alveolar lateral
/r/
Consonant
rent
voiced alveolar frictionless continuant
/f/
Consonant
fan
voiceless labio fricative
/v/
Consonant
van
voiced labio fricative
/θ/
Consonant
think
voiceless dental fricative
/ð/
Consonant
Then, the
voiced dental fricative
/s/
Consonant
Send
voiceless alveolar fricative
/z/
Consonant
zinc
voiced alveolar fricative
/ʃ/
Consonant
ship
Voiceless palato (hård gom) alveolar fricative
/ʒ/
Consonant
rouge
voiced palato alveolar fricative
/h/
Consonant
hence
voiceless glottal fricative
/tʃ/
Consonant
change
voiceless palato alveolar affricate
/dʒ/
Consonant
general
voiced palato alveolar affricate
/w/
Consonant
went
voiced labio velar (gomsegel) semi vowel
/j/
Consonant
yet
voiced palatal semi vowel
When the sound at the end of the word is affected by the sound at the beginning of the next
Regressive assimilation concerning place of articulation
When the sound at the beginning of a word i affected by the sound at the end of the word before
Progressive assimilation concerning place of articulation
When sound dissapear as a simplification
Elision
For instance next day -> new day just now - Jus now Cold lunch -> cold lunch
Words with strong and weak forms
articles, personal/possesive pronouns (him, her, hers), some, be, have, do, shall, will, should, would, can, could, must, not (isn’t), prepositions (plus to as infinitive marker), conjunctions, there, sir, saint
What is antepenultimate rule?
A word with more than 3 syllables is normally stressed on the third from last syllable
