English Pronunciation

Standard Southern British English ( is just one variety of English

pronunciation)

compared with General American

PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING

Language is not only oral but even written.(to communicate)

Speech(oral) is the primary way human express.

Speech is a sequence of sounds .

Speech and language are linked.

Pronunciation:

Necessary to understand people, to speak and to improve our skills.

Is for speech, while the spelling is for writing.

We need to know both(they are closer)

but: ssbe ga

ˈ ə ˈ ɪˌ

•secretary / sekr tri// sekr teri/

ˈ ʌ ə ˈ ʌ ə

•wonder/ w nd (r)/ / w nd r/

ˈ ɒ ə ˈ ɒ ə

•wander/ w nd (r)/ / w nd r/

ː ː

•queue/kju / /kju /

ɪ ɪ

•maid/me d/ /me d/

ɪ ɪ

•made/me d/ /me d/

ə ɛ

•tear/te (r)//t :r/

In English there are 26 letters, but 44 sounds in the language. (so

the number of sounds is not always the same as the number of

letters) and also there isn't a correspondence between the

grapheme(the letter) and a sound. Graphemes could be <a>, <u>,

<ea> .. sounds are /ei/ o /a:/... It is the spelling of a sound, the

letter (writing system) <..>

The sound of speech is studied by phonetic and phonology.