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Phonetic transcription articulation of sounds articulation of consonants articulation of vowels other languages a note on other languages the set of distinctions listed above is not comprehensive. The sounds of language michael dobrovolsky, francis katamba heavenly labials in a world of gutturals. Drills and exercises gives students practice in pronunciation and. The 20 wellbalanced units cover basic theory and the essentials of english phonetics, including intonation. You may want to speak only british english, but you need to understand both british and american english. English phonetics and phonology fernando trujillo stress stress, as a sound phenomenon, can be studied from two points of view.
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Phonetic transcription articulation of sounds phonetic alphabet transcription transcription notes phonetic transcriptions are written in square brackets. There are printable exercises on single vowels, double vowels or diphthongs. Some of the basic requirements needed to study phonetics 3. Phonetic science today and in the future introduction there are several different approaches to the study of phonetics.