Vowels and consonants

1. ENGLISH PHONETIC I
MGTR. CELENE HERNÀNDEZ

2. INTRODUCTORY
CONCEPTS

4. Linguistics is the scientific
study of language, and its
focus is the systematic
investigation of the
properties of particular
languages as well as the
characteristics of
language in general.
LINGUISTICS

6. PHONETICS
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that
focuses on the production
and classification of the world’s speech
sounds. The production of speech looks
at the interaction of different vocal
organs, for example the lips, tongue
and teeth, to produce particular sounds.

7. BRANCHES OF
PHONETICS
1.
ARTICULATORY
PHONETICS: The
study of how
speech sound
are produced by
the human vocal
apparatus.

9. 2. ACOUSTIC
PHONETICS:
Focuses on the
physical properties
of the sounds of
the language. How
the sounds are
transmitted.

11. 3. AUDITORY
PHONETICS: The
study of how
speech sound are
perceived by the
ear, auditory nerve
and the brain.

13. IMPORTANCE OF
PHONETICS
The importance of phonetics in language
learning Phonetics is the study of
speech-sounds or, from a practical point
of view, the art of pronunciation.
The study of phonetics is important to
master a foreign language; it’s a tool
that helps the students to understand
the basics notions of intonation and
pronunciation. A normal problem
presented in the study of a foreign
language is the articulation of the new
words, which are mostly intonated with
another accent and stress

14. PHONEMES
A phoneme is the smallest
unit of sound in
speech. (44)
The 44 English sounds fall
into two categories:
consonants and vowels.

15. ALLOPHONE
Allophones are phonetic
variations - different
pronunciations - of the
same phoneme. Using a
different allophone does
not change meaning.
Example
The /l/ sound is
pronounced differently in
‘love' and in ‘wool'. These
two words contain
allophones of the phoneme
/l/.

16. PROSODIC ASPECTS
Prosodic features are
features that appear when
we put sounds together in
connected speech. It is as
important to teach
learners prosodic features
as successful
communication depends
as much on intonation,
stress and rhythm as on
the correct pronunciation
of sounds.

17. STRESS
Stress is the degree of emphasis given a
sound or syllable in speech, also called
lexical stress or word stress.
PREsent(n)
present(v)

19. RHYTHM
In phonetics, rhythm is the sense of
movement in speech, marked by the
stress, timing, and quantity of
syllables.

21. INTONATION
Intonation, in
phonetics, the melodic
pattern of an
utterance. It conveys
differences of
expressive meaning
(e.g., surprise, anger,
or delight), and it can
also serve a
grammatical function.

23. PLACE OF
ARTICULATIO
N
The 'Place of
Articulation' is the
point of contact,
where an obstruction
occurs in the vocal
tract between an
active, moving
articulator (typically
one part of the
tongue) and a passive
articulator (typically
one part of the roof of
the mouth).

25. MANNER OF
ARTICULATION
The manner of
articulation describes how
the different speech
organs are involved in
producing a consonant
sound, basically how the
airflow is obstructed

27. VOCAL
TRACT
ANATOMY

29. The vocal tract is the area from
the nose and the nasal
cavity down to the vocal
cords deep in the throat. It
includes the lips, tongue,
throat, and even nose.
Understanding the vocal tract
is critical for learning
American English
pronunciation and accent
reduction and being able to
pronounce the sounds of
English.

30. 1. Hard palate:
bone at the roof
of the mouth.
2. Alveolar ridge: a
small
protuberance
just behind the
upper front teeth
that can easily
be felt with the
tongue
3. Nasal cavity: the
inside of your
nose.
4. Velum or soft
palae: flexible
part towards the
back of the roof
of the mouth

31. 5. Uvula: organ at
the back of the
throat.
6. Lips: External
part of the mouth
7. Teeth: each of a
set of hard, bony
enamel-coated
structures
8.Tongue: the
fleshy muscular
organ in the mouth
9. Epiglottis: Flap
of cartilage in the
throat.

32. 10. Vocal cords:
membranes in
larynx producing
voice.
11. Glottis:
Muscle in the
throat
12. Esophagus:
upper digestive
tract
13. Trachea: the
tube going to
the lungs

33. The International Phonetic Alphabet
(IPA) is a system where each symbol is
associated with a particular English
sound. By using IPA you can know exactly
how to pronounce a certain word in
English.
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
I.P.A.

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