Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja Inglés English Fhonology I Bimestre Abril - Agosto 2007 Ponente: Dra. Carmen Benítez

1. ESCUELA : PONENTE : BIMESTRE : ENGLISH FHONOLOGY CICLO : INGLÉS I BIMESTRE Dra. Carmen Benítez ABRIL – AGOSTO 2007

3. DEFINITION OF PHONOLOGY IT IS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS, WHICH STUDIES THE SPEECH SOUNDS IN GENERAL, ACCORDING TO THEIR PRODUCTION, COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION AND FUNCTION WITHIN THE LANGUAGE.

8. GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF SPEECH SOUNDS. Symbols for vowel phonemes /ɪ/ as in ‘pit’ pɪt /e/ as in 'pet' pet /æ/ as in 'pat' pæt /ʌ/ as in 'putt' pʌt /ɒ/ as in 'pot' pɒt /ʊ/ as in 'put' pʊt /i:/ as in 'key' ki: /ɑ :/ as in 'car' k ɑ : /ɔ:/ as in 'core' kɔ: /u:/ as in 'coo' ku: /ɜ :/ as in 'cur' kɜ: /ə/ as in 'about, 'upper' əbaʊt, ʌ pʊ /eɪ/ as in 'bay' beɪ /aɪ/ as in 'buy' baɪ /ɔɪ/ as in 'boy' bɔɪ /ɪə/ as in 'peer' pɪə /eə/ as in 'pear' peə /ʊə/ as in 'poor' pʊə /əʊ/ as in 'go' gəʊ /aʊ/ as in 'cow' kaʊ

9. SYMBOLS FOR CONSONANT PHONEMS /p/ as in 'pea' pi: /b/ as in 'bee' bi: /t/ as in 'toe' t əʊ /d/ as in 'doe' d əʊ /k/ as in 'cap' k æ p /g/ as in 'gap' g æ p /f/ as in 'fat' f æ t /v/ as in 'vat' v æ t /θ/ as in 'thing' θɪŋ /ð/ as in 'this' ðɪ s /s/ as in 'sip' sɪp /z/ as in 'zip' z ɪ p /ʃ/ as in 'ship' ʃɪp /ʒ/ as in 'measure' meʒə /h/ as in 'hat' hæt /m/ as in 'map' mæp /n/ as in 'nap' næp /ŋ/ as in 'hang' hæŋ /I/ as in 'led' led /r/ as in 'red' red /j/ as in 'yet' jet /w/ as in 'wet' wet /ʤ as in 'gin' ʤɪn

11. DIAGRAM OF THE SPEECH TRACT

13. THE ARTICULATORS are mobile organs that can be brought close to, or into contact with various locations in the speech tract (known as points of articulation) so as to stop or impede the free passage of the air stream.

18. DISTRIBUTION OF CONSONANT PHONEMES Phonetically speaking, the term DISTRIBUTION is used to refer to the total set of contexts or environments, in which a sound unit can occur.