Conceptions of phonetic
AHD: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language KK:A Pronouncing Dictionary of American,1956
----John Samuel Kenyon & John Albert Knott DJ: English Pronouncing Dictionary, 1963
Nasal cavity ------鼻腔 Mouth cavity------口腔 Tongue------舌 Lips------唇 Teeth------齿 The teeth ridge-------齿龈 The hard palate ------硬腭 The soft palate ------软腭 uvula ------小舌 Pharynx ------咽头 Larynx------ 喉头 The vocal cords------ 声带 Windpipe ------气管
----Daniel Jones RP: English Pronouncing Dictionary-- “Received Pronunciation” IPA: International Phonetic Alphabet ,1888
----International Phonetic Association
In English there are twenty vowels in all.
☆ Consonants are sounds produced by some form of obstruction of the air passage and be either voiced or voiceless .
2) As a means of communication by word of mouth, language is used in oral speech and in reading aloud. Therefore , in order to make oneself easily understood while expressing one’s own or other people’s thoughts in any language, one must be able to pronounce sentences in that language quite correctly. One must have good pronunciation in order to be able to understand other people easily when they speak or read aloud. This is proved by the well-known fact that the better we pronounce a foreign language, the easier we understand it when we hear it.
Vowels and Consonants.
☆ Vowels are sounds produced without obstruction of the air stream in the mouth. In producing them there is vibration of the vocal cords, so all vowels are voiced .
means: To have a good pronunciation
1.To pronounce correctly all the speech sounds of the language and all the combinations in their proper order not only in isolated words, but also in sentences
The classification of Speech sounds
The organs of speech are capable of making many different kinds of speech sounds. From the practical standpoint, speech sounds are generally divided into
The English Speech Sounds
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The importance of phonetic study
1) Phonetics is the science of speech sounds. It deals with the sound system of a language. A language consists of three important elements, namely, speech sounds, vocabulary and grammar. Speech sound is the material form on which word and grammar rely for existence. Divorced from speech sound, word and grammar are nonexistent. So the first step in studying any spoken language is to determine the phonemes. (Basic sounds)
2. To pronounce sentences fluently at the sped required by the situation, with correct stresses, linking of sounds, rhythm, pauses and intonation.
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