17.
/ ƆI
/ is a diphthong.
It is the pairing of the phonemes / Ɔ / and /
I
/.
oi
--- avoid, oil, boil, broil,
choice, coil, coin, cloister, doily, foil,
foible, foist, groin, hoist, join, join, soil, toil, moist, noise,
noisy, ointment, point, poise, roil, voice,
oy ---
alloy, boy, buoy, buoyant, coy, cloy, doyen, employ, enjoy,
envoy, foyer, joy, ploy, soy,
toy, loyal, royal
18. / I ә
/ is a diphthong with the vowel phonemes / I / and
/ ә
/.
It has the same speech sound as the word
‘ear’.
ear ---
ear, beard, clear, dear, fear, gear, hear, near, rear, sear,
smear, shear, spear, tear*,
eer
--- beer, cheer, deer, peer, queer,
sneer, steer,
ere ---
here, mere, sphere
eir ---
weird,
ier
--- bier, fierce, pier, pierce
ia
--- aria, anaemia, bacteria,
media
ion ---
billion, million, pillion, opinion, onion
19.
/ e ә / is a diphthong with the vowel phonemes / e /
and / ә /.
It has the same speech sound as the word
‘air’.
ear ---
bear, pear, wear, swear, tear*
air ---
air, chair, fair, flair, hair, pair, stair,
are ---
aware, bare, blare, care, dare, fare, flare, glare, hare,
mare, spare, share, snare, square, stare, ware,
eir ---
heir 20.
20.
/ U ә / is a diphthong with the vowel phonemes / U /
and / ә /.
It has the same speech sound sound as the
letter cluster ‘our’ in the word ‘ tour’
oor
--- boor, moor,
our
--- dour, gourd, gourmand, gourmet,
tour, detour,
ur
--- allure, jury, lurid, lure, plural,
rural,
ua
--- eventual, actual
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The quality
of different vowel speech sounds are produced when a stream of air from the
lung is modulated by
1. the height of the tongue
high, mid or low
2. the advancement of the tongue
front, central or back
3. the tension of the tongue
tense or lax
4. lip rounding
round, half-round or unround
The
quality of different consonant speech sounds, on the other hand are formed as a
result of the obstruction of the airstream at different places by different
articulators (speech organs). Hence, to
describe consonant speech sounds, we have to consider, not only the Places of
Articulation but also the Manners of Articulation.
Places of
Articulation (Where the speech sounds
are produced)
à1) Bilabial 2) Labiodental 3) Interdental 4) Alveolar 5) Palatal
6) Velar 7) Glottal
Manners
of Articular (How the speech sounds are
produced)
1) Stop 2) Fricative 3) Affricative 4) Glides--
Lateral --Retroflex
5) Nasal
phonation – voiced / voicelss
(21)
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