Monday, 25 November 2013

English Grammar


                             PHONETICS 

PHONETICS:

     Phonetics is the study of speech sound and their articulation.

     In English there are 26 letters (Alphabets)they are divided into 2 groups.
  •  Vowels:- 5 in number(a, e, i, o, u)
  • Consonants :- 21 in number(b, c, d, ……z)

PHONEME:
         Phoneme is the study of speech sounds and their articulation.
PHONETIC ALPHABET:
        Phonetic alphabet is the symbol which is used to represent a phoneme or speech sounds. It is always written in between 2 slashes. Ex: (/bæd/)
PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION:
        Phonetic transcription is the method of representing each phoneme with phonetic alphabet or each speech sound with a symbol.
          There are 44 phonetic alphabets in English. They are divided into 2 groups namely
                               i.            Phonetic Vowels(20)
                             ii.            Phonetic Consonants(24)
Phonetic vowels are further subdivided into 2 groups namely.
                               i.            Monophthongs (pure vowels)-12
                             ii.            Diphthongs-8
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The Symbol of 24 consonant Sounds:-
    A Consonant is a sound which is produced with or without the vibration of vocal cords. A Consonant is a voiced or voiceless sound. 
     The Consonant sounds are listed below:                        


   


THE SYMBOLS OF 20 VOWEL SOUNDS:
          A vowel is a voice sound. It is formed by the position of tongue and lips in such a way that breathe can escape freely.
          The 20 vowel sounds in phonetics have been divided into 2 groups.
MONOPHTHONGS:
          The vowels which have only one sound are called Monophthongs or pure vowels or simple vowels. They are 12 n numbers (7 short vowels and 5 long vowels).
            The Monophthongs are listed below:
 
DIPHTHONGS:
          The vowels which have two vowel sounds are called Diphthongs or gliding vowels. It means beginning with one vowel sound and ending with the other vowel sound they are 8 in number. These can be divided into 3 groups .They are:
Diphthongs which end in (ʊ/ఉ):

                       

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