Classification of consonants in the manner of articulation

Tails.

Билет

Classification of vowels according to the stability of articulation

Билет

1. Accents: Varieties of English.

Answer: Accents: Varieties of English. SEE!!!Eng Pr p8

Within Britain and the US there are also many regional accents and regional accents have distinctions in pronunciation.

See you tonight – the second vowel in `tonight` is pronounced /ai/ in BBC English but as /oi/ (as in boy) in a Burmingham accent

Are those your brother`s? - The vowel in `those` is pronounced /әu/ in BBC but more like /au/ (as in `now`/ in a Birmingham accent. The first vowel in `brother`s` is pronounced /^/ (as in but) in BBC English but /u/ (as in would) in a Birmingham accent.

She was smoking- The last sound –ing words is /η/ in BBC English, but /ηg/in a Birmingham accent, i.e the –g is pronounced.

2. Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:

Terrified [terifaid]8 lett, 3 syll, 4cons, 4 vowels, acc to degree of noise: voiceless:t,f, voiced:d, son:r, acc to manner: occlusive stop:t, d, constrictive fric:f, constrictive son:r

Frustrated [fr^streitid] 10 lett, 3 syll, 7 cons, 4 vowels, acc to degree of noise: voiced:d, voiceless: f,s, t, son:r, acc to manner of art: occlusive stops:t,d, constrictive fric:f, s, constrictive son:r

Impressive [impresiv] 10 lett, 3 syll, 3 vowels, 5 cons, acc to degree of noise: voiceless: p,s, voiced:v, son:r,m, acc to manner of art: occlusive stops:p, constrictive fric:f, v, s, constrictive son:r.

Stability of articulation. Vowels are grouped into 3 groups: Monophthongs, diphthongs, diphthongoids.

Monophthongs are vowels the articulation of which is almost unchanging: [i,e, ᵆ, a:, Ͻ, Ͻ:, u, ^, З:, Ә]

In the pronunciation of diphthongs the organs of speech glide from one vowel position to another within one syllable:[ ei, ai, Ͻi, au, зu, iә, έә, uә]

In the pronunciation of diphthongoids the articulation is slightly changing but the difference between the starting point and the end is not so distinct as it is in the case of diphthongs. [i:, u:]

Answer: in informal spoken English, tails are sometimes used at the end of a sentence to emphasise or make clearer what we have just said. We often use them when we give an evaluation of something:

It`s a really good PHOto, THAT (tail) one

She`s a JUDGE, my AUNT (tail)

Tails consist of a noun phrase. They usually have a rising tone because they are referring to or expanding on something that has been said before.

Some tails consist of this, that, these or those or a phrase beginning with one of these words. These tails usually emphasise what we are saying:

They`re all we`ve got LEFT, THOSE two.

They taste GREAT, these BIScuits.

Other tails make clear who or what we are referring to:

He`s good COOK, Nigel (Nigel is a good cook)

2. Make the phonetic analysis of the following words:

Cheerful, conscientious, stubborn

Cheerful - [`tʃiәfl]- 8 letters, 2 syllables, 2 vowel sounds, 2 short vowels, long vowel-no, 3 cons sounds, noise cons- voiced-no, 2 voiceless- f, tʃ, 1sonorants –l.

Conscientious - [,kϽnʃi`enʃәs] 13 letters, 3 syllables, 4 vowels, 4 short vowel sounds, 6 cons, noise cons: 4 voiceless-k, ʃ, ʃ, s, voiced-no, 2 sonorants- n,n.

Stubborn - [`st^bәn]- 8 letters, 6 sounds, 2 syllables, 2 vowels, 2 short vowel sounds, 4 cons. sounds, noise cons: 1voiced-b, 2 voiceless-s,t, 1 sonorants-n

Acc to the manner of articulation cons. May be of four groups:

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