Introduction to the IPA LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin Prendre le temps de me presenter

Outline of Today’s Class Today’s objective: Develop an ear for the individual sounds of the English language. Discover the link between writing and sounds (or sometimes lack thereof ).

Phones For You Break up the flow of speech into ________ ________ ________(individual ________, aka. speech sounds) Syllables

A Mass of Sounds Listen to these words. How would you divide them? Into syllables? Into individual sounds? Cat Dog Snoopy Snoop Doggie Dog Canine

International Phonetic Alphabet Transcription Consonants Vowels Glides

International Phonetic Alphabet The IPA is a system of ________ Represent each sound of human speech with a ________ ________ Important note: Transcription = ________ ________

IPA Consonants Examples

Phonetics (continued) Vowels

IPA Vowels (examples)

IPA Vowels (Diphthongs)

IPA Glides (examples)

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