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1. /h/ /ɦ/ ==> glottal fricatives

 

/h/ ==> Voiceless glottal fricative because it occurs word initially as in house, hair.

/ɦ/ ==> Voiced glottal fricative

such as ahead.

 

 

2. /r/ board

 

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Received pronunciation

 

1. If /r/ is followed by a vowel, it is pronounced ==> brain

 

2. If /r/ is followed by a consonant, then it is silent ==> board

 

3. If /r/ occurs word initially, it is pronounced ==> Rain

 

4. If /r/ occurs word finally, then it is silent ==> teacher.

 

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Yellow: A voiced palatal approximant sound /j/

 

Jump ==> A voiced postalveolar affricate /dʒ/

 

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Question, quiz, quality, quantity, queer, cat, quantification, kite, kiss

 

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Queen ==> /k/ is a voiceless velar stop

 

 

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* Double letters are counted as one sound

 

Illegal

 

Hello

 

Rabbit

 

Arrange

 

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Approximants ==>

 

a. Liquids ==> {l, r}

b. Glides ==> {w, j}

 

Slowly ==> /s/, /l/, /l/

 

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Manner of articulation

 

1. Stops ==> {t, d, k, g, b, p, ʔ}

2. Nasals ==> {m, n, ŋ}

3. Fricatives ==> {s, z, f, v, θ, ð, ʃ, ʒ, x, ɣ, h, ɦ}

 

close approximation, narrow gap, friction.

 

4. Affricate ==> {tʃ, dʒ} Affricates are stops that are released into fricatives

 

5. Approximants ==> {w, l, r, j} ==> Open approximation.

 

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(1) Descriptive Grammar: Linguists

 

If a sentence is produced by ordinary native speakers, then there is nothing wrong about its grammar.

 

A linguist observes and analyzes how language is used.

 

- It don't work.

 

Prescriptive Grammar: Teachers ==> they will refer to it as wrong/bad grammar.

 

They will tell you how language is ought to be used.

 

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Velar: are the type of sounds whose production involves an articulatory movement where you raise the back of the tongue towards the soft palate/velum.

 

{k, g, x, ŋ}

 

ŋ ==> a. preceding a /k/ ==> pink, tank, thank, think, monk, bank.

 

b. preceding a /g/ ==> sing, strong, ping, ring, ringing, king.

 

/g/ ==> gap, bag, baggage, eggs

 

/x/ ==> Loch

 

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Uvular: /ɣ/ it is produced at the uvula ==> a voiced uvular fricative.

 

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Linguistics ==> 17/12/2024