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    YELLOW= MISSED QUESTIONS Purple = correct answers Question 14 ptsWhich of the following is a rounded back vowel?  Check all that apply. Which of the following is a rounded back vowel?  Check all that apply. x | o | | a | x | u | | ə |   Question 21 ptsWhat is the primary articulator used in creating vowels? What is the primary articulator used in creating vowels? | the vocal folds | | the pharynx | xx | the tongue | | the nasal cavity |   Question 34 ptsEvery

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    Introduction Phonetics and phonology are the two fields dedicated to the study of human speech sounds and human speech structures. While phonetics deals with the physical production of these sounds‚ phonology deals with the study of sound patterns and their meanings both within and across languages. Many linguists have thought of phonology and phonetics as separate‚ largely autonomous‚ disciplines with distinct goals and distinct methodologies (Ohala 1991) Some even doubt whether phonetics is part of

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    contrast spelling (orthography) and phonetic transcriptions. Your terms should be well defined and your discussion should be well illustrated. Write full sentences in Standard English. Author; Jason John Thesis statement: Phonetic transcriptions places emphasis on the precise representation of speech sounds. Whereas Orthography‚ particularly English orthography contains many variations when coming to the actual lexical transcriptions and pronunciations of those lexical transcriptions.

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    1.Phonetics as a branch of linguistics. Phonetics and other disciplines. Applications of phonetics. Ph-s is a basic branch of linguistics that studies the inventory‚ structure and functions of the speech sounds. Ph-s studies the phonemes and their allophones‚ the syllabic structure‚ the distribution of stress‚ intonation and the ways in which they are organized. Ph-s investigates into a system of units and the variation of the units in all types and styles of spoken language. Some disciplines like

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    Schwa In linguistics‚ specifically phonetics and phonology‚ schwa (sometimes spelled shwa) refers to the mid-central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle of the vowel chart‚ denoted by the IPA symbol ə‚ or another vowel sound close to that position. An example in English is the vowel sound in the ’a’ of the word ’about’. Schwa in English is mainly found in unstressed positions‚ but in some other languages it occurs more frequently as a stressed vowel. In relation to certain languages

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    THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (revised to 2005) CONSONANTS (PULMONIC) Bilabial Labiodental Dental Plosive Nasal Trill Tap or Flap Fricative Lateral fricative Approximant Lateral approximant Alveolar Post alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular © 2005 IPA Pharyngeal Glottal t d µ n r | v F B f v T D s  z S Z Ò L √ ® l p b m ı Ê ∂ c Ô k g q G / = ≠ N – R « ß Ω ç J x V X Â © ? h H ’  VOWELS j ¥ ˜ K Where symbols appear in pairs‚ the one to the right represents a voiced consonant

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    Tricky words words in BOLD: beginner/intermediate level words in standard script: you need to learn them now (academic level) words in GREY: learn them if you are going to use them (specific purposes – medicine‚ chemistry‚ technology‚ Old English‚ etc.) rd rd Abbreviations: n – noun‚ pn – proper noun‚ v – verb‚ adj – adjective‚ adv – adverb‚ sing – singular noun‚ pl – plural noun‚ 3 – verb‚ Present Simple‚ 3 person singular A abbreviation abdomen abjure above abroad absurd abyss academia academic

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    Abstract Pronunciation is an integral part of foreign language learning‚ so finding deferent ways to improve such skills would be a mental disturbance of any language instructors. Here I’m going to offer a proposal to make use of movies for improving pronunciation. So he objective of this study is to determine the effect of watching movies on improving pronunciation skills. In order to reach the objective‚ I randomly selected 50 intermediate students‚ and then they were divided into 2 groups‚ namely

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    Section 1 An IntroductiOn to English phonetics and phonology 1.1. Speech mechanism 1.1.1. Speech chain Speech as the main means of communication is the result of a complicated series of events‚ which involves the speaker and the listener. On the part of the speaker‚ speech activities involve the following stages. 1.1.1.1. Psychological stage: this is the process during which the concept is formed in the speaker’s brain. Then‚ through the nervous system this message (concept) is transmitted

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    languages have several differences. For this reason‚ some Spanish learners get in trouble in English pronunciation. For example‚ as Gorman and Kester (n.d.) stated‚ Spanish and English share several consonantal phonemes including the stop sounds /p/‚ /t/‚ /k/‚ /b/‚ /d/‚ /g/‚ the nasals /m/‚ /n/‚ the fricatives /s/‚ /f/‚ the liquid /l/‚ the glide /w/‚ /j/‚ and the glottal /h/. Despite these common phonetic symbols‚ it is important to note that there are differences in voicing‚ aspiration‚ and precise

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