Understanding Phonetics: Sounds, Symbols, and Classification

Explore the world of phonetics with a focus on speech sounds, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), organs of speech, and different types of phonetics including acoustic, auditory, and articulatory phonetics. Discover the unique characteristics of English sounds, vowels (monophthongs and diphthongs), and consonants (plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, lateral, and approximants). Dive into the study and classification of speech sounds to enhance your understanding of phonetics.

• Phonetics
• Speech Sounds
• IPA
• English Language
• Vowels

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1. Phonetics Ranjith Krishnan K. R. Asst. Professor Dept. of English N.S.S. College, Pandalam

2. Definition Phonetics The Study and Classification of Speech Sounds

3. Organs of Speech

4. Different Types Acoustic phonetics: focuses on the physical properties of the sounds of language Auditory phonetics: focuses on how listeners perceive the sounds of language Articulatory phonetics: focuses on how the vocal tract produces the sounds of language

5. English is not a phonetic language Importance of Phonetics Sounds in English 44 sounds in English Consonants and Vowels 24 Consonants 20 Vowels (7 short vowels, 5 long vowels and 8 Diphthongs)

6. International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Formulated by the International Phonetic Association to have a system in which there was a one-to-one correspondence between each sound in language and each phonetic symbol

7. Vowels Monophthongs (Pure Vowels) 12 7 short vowels: , e, , , , , and 5 long vowels: i: , : , : , : , u: /pin/ /pet/ /m n/ /k p/ /h t/ /w d/ / b v/ /pi:l/ /f :m/ /s :/ /g :l/ /sku:l/

8. Vowels Diphthongs (Vowel Glides) 8 closing: e , a , , a , and centring: e , , /pei/ /hai/ /b / /ha / /n / /he / /h / /p /

9. Consonants Plosives /p, b, t, d, k, g/ /pin/ /bit/ /tin/ /din/ /kin/ /ge m/ Affricates / , / / in/ / in/

10. Consonants Fricatives /f, v, , , s, z, , , h/ /fit/ /v n/ / in/ /fa: / /sin/ /zip/ / eim/ /me / /hai/ Nasals /m, n, / /m n/ /nain/ /ki /

11. Consonants Lateral /l/ /li:f/ Approximants /r, j, w/ /r n/ /nju:/ /win/

12. Examples and Exercises