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Phonetics
Question | Answer |
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Phonetic notation is indicated with | Square brackets: [maed] |
Graphemes (spelling) is indicated with | Angled brackets: <maed> |
In English, there are two basic states of the larynx | Voiceless (no vocal fold vibration) or voicing (vocal folds vibrate) |
Examples of voiceless sounds | [f], [s], (sh), [t] |
Examples of voiced sounds | [v], [z], (zh), [d] |
These words have stress of the ult | aGREE, preFER, deTAIN, poLICE, beGIN, aGO |
These words have stress of the penult | TEACHer, MOTHer, PIStol, AUto, SPELling, SPECial, WAter |
Stress on a syllable before the penult is called | antepenultimate stress |
These words have stress of the antepenultimate | CAlender, FORtify, REGulate, SPEcify, FREquency |
Secondary stress | A prominence on a syllable, but not as primary word stress. grave accent |
Primary stress | Indicated by an acute accent on the vowel |
In the IPA, stressed is marked | before the stressed syllable |
Primary stressed is marked with an | ascending vertical tick ['æɳgri] |
Secondary stressed is marked with an | descending vertical tick ['fotəgræf] |
Length marks | A durationally longer version of a sound |
Length is marked in classical language and philosphy with a | macron [ā] |