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    Question: Compare and 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

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    letters that has been around since the very beginning of writing. R is a unique letter in its pronunciation‚ history and its place in cultural artifacts as well as math and sciences. While looking at the English alphabet‚ one would come across the eighteenth letter of the alphabet; R. R can be classified as an ancestor for written language today. While most letters have been around for a very long time‚ R is one that has residency and that has not had a very large change throughout history. R

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    According to Anderson (2010)‚ Modular Phonetics represents significant advances in the teaching an application of rhythm. It is based on the concept of modular phonetics. Modular refers to the interchangeability of rhythm syllables and phonetics refers to the sound of the rhythm syllables. Phonic has always been the key to the sound of the language. Without phonics the words could not be pronounced and the sound of the word could not be heard. In this approach learning takes place in the principle

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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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    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 vowel in English has a unique articulatory position based on: (choose as many as apply)

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    1 1-Introduction Have you ever noticed that the ’c’ in ’cat’ and ’k’ in kite’ have the same pronunciation and phonetic transcription even though they are spelled differently? Or how the ’th’ in ’the’ and the one in ’thing’ is pronounced and transcribed phonetically differently‚ although they are spelled the same? That is because the spelling and the pronunciation vary according to the place and situation. This ambiguity in spelling and pronunciation are portrayed by phonology that deals with sound

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    The Best of Disney’s Marketing Strategies The Walt Disney Company or just Disney‚ as it is popularly called‚ is one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. What are the marketing strategies behind its astounding success? Here are a few. * Segmenting and targeting – Disney uses geographic‚ demographic and psychographic segmentation. In other words‚ it uses multi-segment targeting. Although it may seem like Disney targets only kids‚ Disney’s target market is the whole family. Walt Disney

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    “Animal Alphabet” by Ale Lluch “Animal Alphabet” by Ale Lluch is used to teach the Alphabet both capitalized and lowercased letters‚ reading‚ spelling‚ pronunciation‚ and associating words with their meaning. It includes animals in the book to associate letters with specific animals and how these animals are pronounced. The book has thick cardboard pages which uses sliding pieces. On the top of the moving peace it displays both upper and lowercase letters of a specific letter in the alphabet. When

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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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    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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