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    Chapter 1 Phonetics: A “Sound” Science * Phonetics as a field of study * Historical phonetics- involves the study of sound changes in words * There is a constant mutation over time in the pronunciation of words in all languages. * Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ there was a marked evolution in the pronunciation of English long vowels; this change in vowel pronunciation is known as the “Great Vowel Shift” * Physiological phonetics- involves

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    INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS COMDIS 210: Survey of Communication Disorders Definition of phonetics (Shriberg & Kent‚ 1982) • The study of the perception and production of speech sounds (phonemes). • The study of how speech sounds are produced and what their acoustic properties are. – Articulatory phonetics (concerned with how sounds are formed) – Acoustic phonetics (concerned with the acoustic properties of sounds) • Clinical phonetics involves the application

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    LECTURE 1 1. History of phonetic development 2. Subject of Phonetics 3. Branches of Phonetics 4. Connection of Phonetics with other sciences 5. Methods and devices of phonetic investigation 1. History of phonetic development The “birthplace” of phonetics is considered to be Ancient India. The idea of studying sounds was brought about by the need to understand Veda (1500 BC)‚ i.e. sacred songs (brahmans) sang during religious ceremonies. The principal question for the

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    Daily Life for a WWI Soldier The daily life for a man serving on the front line in WWI‚ and there are only 20 men still alive in the world today‚ wasn’t like it is now or even what it was for WWII “Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line‚ even when no raid or attack was launched or defended against. In busy sectors the constant shellfire directed by the enemy brought random death‚ whether their victims were lounging in a trench or lying in a dugout (many men were buried as

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    sound of the noun. book / buk/ books / buks/ dog /dQg / dogs /dQgz/ Assimilation is a phonological process due to economy of effort by which sounds are influenced by neighbouring sounds and come to share some or all of their phonetic characteristics. In this case the process is also established‚ which means it is obligatory. It is progressive because one sound carries its influence forward to the sound that follows. It is assimilation of voice or voice assimilation because

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    tantimoon.com Advice and help for serious English learners Phonetic alphabets reference The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet‚ as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries. The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet‚ which can be used to type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the use of special fonts. For a full description of the alphabets + audio recordings of the sounds‚

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    Depression on Daily Life The Inside Story The development of this survey and the report into its findings were undertaken in partnership with and funded by Servier Laboratories Limited 2 The Inside Story: The Impact of Depression on Daily Life Contents Foreword 3 Introduction 4–5 ‘Inside Story’ survey – executive summary 6–7 Recommendations resulting from this research 7 ‘Inside Story’ survey – full results 8–11 3 The Inside Story: The Impact of Depression on Daily Life As the UK’s

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    2. Write the phonetic symbol for the last sound in each of the following words. Example: boy [ɔɪ] (Diphthongs should be treated as one sound.) a b c d e f g h i j Word fleece neigh long health watch cow rough cheese bleached rags Last Sound [s] [I] [n] [ θ] [tʃ] [aw] [f] [z] [t] [z] 3. Write the following words in phonetic transcription‚ according to your pronunciation. Examples: knot [nat]; delightful [dilaɪtfəl] or [dəlaɪtfəl]. Some of you may pronounce some of these words the same

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    THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HKU SPACE Community College Associate Degree Programmes 2012-13 Course Document Course Title: English Phonetics and Phonology Course Code: C C 8 8 3 5 6 0 0 Aims and Objective This course will focus on articulatory phonetics and the classification of sounds in English. It will explain how English is pronounced in the context of a general theory about speech sounds and how they are organized in languages. Topics will include the speech production mechanism; the description

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    Learning english is important for our daily life.. As we all know‚ English is the one of important language in this world. If we cannot speak English even a little bit‚ we are called as a very poor in this community. We also cannot improve our life if we worst in English. We will feel loser if we in the group that use English as a medium to speak. According to the research that have been made by the group of University Malay‚ 70% of undergraduate student especially Malay student are not use

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