(don't worry, you'll know how to read this by the end of this lesson)
Introducing: phonetics
What is phonetics? As our friendly overlord Google will tell you:
phonetics
/fəˈnɛtɪks/
noun
the study and classification of speech sounds.
"a phonetics laboratory"
Study and classification of speech sounds, eh? Well, you know what study, speech, and sounds mean, while in classification you may recognise the word class. Just view classification as 'putting things in groups', in this case are these things 'sounds'. So phonetics is looking at speech sounds and putting those sounds into groups. Sounds clear enough, right? And just like some languages have different letters, languages have different phonemes as well, even within English languages. We will use British English, but American, Australian, Canadian English will all have (slightly) different phonemes..
Time for the next new word: phonemes. Well, let me just put that into words for you: it's time for you to watch the second clip.
Intro
Phonemes
There's two important ways that tell you more about how you have to articulate a phoneme: manner and place. Throughout the next weeks we will spend time on this until you can recognise how this knowledge will help you out with your articulation.
From left to right: bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, post-alveolar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar, uvular, glottal.
Next week we'll discuss which letters go where in the mouth.
Practice test
Extra material
Remedial
Didn't pass the practice test the first time? Don't worry, it's a lot of new information. I'm going to explain the same things you've been reading in the following clip.
Remedial
Next week prep
Only read this is you passed the practice test! Else go back to remedial.
Assimilation
There's three types of assimilation in phonetics. Assimilation needs that something is taken over by another thing, and changes because of that. In the case of phonetics, it's phonemes that are taken over and changed.
It's the difference between how a dictionary says to pronounce things versus how things are pronounced in speech.
Next week you'll spend more time on these, but for now an introduction. For further preparation, read pages 139 - 145 of your book.
The first type is leading = there will be a change in the first phoneme. This often happens with alveolar phonemes.
The second type is lagging = there will a change in the second part (so not just the one phoneme, it could be part of the word or the sentence!). This assimilates the place and the manner of articulation.
The third part is reciprocal = there will be a change on both sides (so both phonemes are involved). It often happens with /j/.
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Information used on pages comes from Sounding Better: A Practical Guide to English Pronunciation for Speakers of Dutch, Beverley Collins, S.P. den Hollander, Inger M. Mees & Jill Rodd, Wlavaboek 2014.
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