Mastering the art of English Pronunciation : A Beginner's guide: English Phonetics and Phonemics by Naha Timir

Author:Naha, Timir [Naha, Timir]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

On the bottom row we have the sounds

/æ/

/ʌ/

/ɑː/

/ɒ/

To make these sounds our mouths should be almost wide open and it feels like the sound is coming from the bottom of the mouth. That is why they are on the bottom row.

The columns are also important because they give us an idea of the position of the tongue.

With the left column the tongue is at the front.

/iː/

/e/

/æ/

The tongue moves back a little for the second column.

/ɪ/

/ə/

/ʌ/

Back a little more for the third.

/ʊ/

/ɜː/

/ɑː/

And now finally at the back

/uː/

/ɔː/

/ɒ/

Phonetic Chart Explained: Diphthongs

Diphthongs are also vowel sounds, but they are combinations of two vowel sounds that appear together within the same syllable producing a new unique sound.

They’re arranged according to the second sound.

In the first column we have the /ə/ sounds

/ɪə/

/ʊə/

/eə/

In the second column we have the /ɪ/ sounds. We should note that the symbols for these diphthongs are written with the /ɪ/ symbol but the sound is often the longer but similar /i:/.

/eɪ/

/ɔɪ/

/aɪ/

And in the third column we have the /ʊ/ symbol. Again sometimes the sound is more similar to the longer /uː/.

/əʊ/

/aʊ/

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