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1
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/ɪ/

A

Monophtong
Sit, Lip
Short half close front

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2
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/i:/

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Monopthong
Beat, flea, ceiling, people
long close front

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3
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/e/

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Monophthong
bed, merry, perish, wreck
Short mid front

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4
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/æ/

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Monopthong
Bat, bad, lamp, badge
short (half) open front

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5
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/ʌ/

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Monopthong
but
short front open

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6
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/ə

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Monopthong (schwa)
Better, abover, again, contain
Central vowel

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7
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/uː/

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Monopthong
mood, shoe, tomb, do
long back close

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8
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/ʊ/

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Monopthong
put, woman, bullet
short half close back

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9
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/ɔː/

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Monopthong
saw, falcon, naughty
long mid back

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10
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/ɒ/

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Monopthong
got, not, cloth, cough
short open back

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11
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/ɑː/

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Monopthong
Father, almond, laugh
long open back

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12
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/eɪ/

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Diphtong
late, day
closing

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13
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/aɪ/

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Diphtong
my, kite, die
closing

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14
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/aʊ/

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Diphtong
scout, allow, bow
closing

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15
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/əʊ/

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Diphtong
boat, nose, bowling
closing

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16
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/ɔɪ/

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Diphtong
boy, joint
closing

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17
Q

/ɪə/

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Diphthong
hear (brittish pron.)
Centring

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18
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/eə/

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Dipthong
Hair
Centring

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19
Q

/ʊə/

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Dipthong
Poor (elderly speakers)
centring

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20
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/aɪə/

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Triphthong
tire (brittish pron)
Centring

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21
Q

/aʊə/

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Triphthong
tower (brittish pron.)
Centring

22
Q

/p/

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Consonant
pen
voiceless bilabial plosive

23
Q

/b/

A

Consonant
bend
voiced bilabial plosive

24
Q

/t/

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Consonant
ten
voiceless alveolar (tandvall) plosive

25
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d

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Consonant
den
vioced alveolar (tandvall) plosive

26
Q

/k/

A

Consonant
can
voiceless velar (gomsegel) plosive

27
Q

/g/

A

Consonant
give
voiced velar (gomsegel) plosive

28
Q

/m/

A

Consonant
men
voiced bilabial nasal

29
Q

/n/

A

Consonant
net
voiced alveolar (tandvall) nasal

30
Q

/ŋ/

A 
Consonant
long
voiced velar (gomsegel) nasal
31
Q

/l/

A

Consonant
let
voiced alveolar lateral

32
Q

/r/

A

Consonant
rent
voiced alveolar frictionless continuant

33
Q

/f/

A

Consonant
fan
voiceless labio fricative

34
Q

/v/

A

Consonant
van
voiced labio fricative

35
Q

/θ/

A

Consonant
think
voiceless dental fricative

36
Q

/ð/

A

Consonant
Then, the
voiced dental fricative

37
Q

/s/

A

Consonant
Send
voiceless alveolar fricative

38
Q

/z/

A

Consonant
zinc
voiced alveolar fricative

39
Q

/ʃ/

A

Consonant
ship
Voiceless palato (hård gom) alveolar fricative

40
Q

/ʒ/

A

Consonant
rouge
voiced palato alveolar fricative

41
Q

/h/

A

Consonant
hence
voiceless glottal fricative

42
Q

/tʃ/

A

Consonant
change
voiceless palato alveolar affricate

43
Q

/dʒ/

A

Consonant
general
voiced palato alveolar affricate

44
Q

/w/

A

Consonant
went
voiced labio velar (gomsegel) semi vowel

45
Q

/j/

A

Consonant
yet
voiced palatal semi vowel

46
Q

When the sound at the end of the word is affected by the sound at the beginning of the next

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Regressive assimilation concerning place of articulation

47
Q

When the sound at the beginning of a word i affected by the sound at the end of the word before

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Progressive assimilation concerning place of articulation

48
Q

When sound dissapear as a simplification

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Elision

For instance next day -> new day just now - Jus now Cold lunch -> cold lunch

49
Q

Words with strong and weak forms

A

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

50
Q

What is antepenultimate rule?

A

A word with more than 3 syllables is normally stressed on the third from last syllable

English A1 Language structure (14 decks)

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