Phonemics, or Phonology, is the study of the distribution of sound systems in human languages. A Phoneme is a particular set of sounds produced in a particular language and distinguishable …

May 29, 2019 · The /i/ sound is just the short version of /i:/; without the ː length mark it is shorter. Just as you can find /i:/ in words like peat, the /i/ sound is found in words like happiness where …

Apr 5, 2023 · As the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association (1999: 30) puts it: [T]he contrast between the words bead and bid has phonetic correlates in both vowel quality and …

Feb 4, 2016 · If your own pronunciations happen to be similar to mine, this example may help to clarify the phonetic difference you're asking about. To discuss a matter concerning …

Nov 26, 2017 · The most widely-used and standardised system is the International Phonetic Alphabet. This is what your textbook is presumably using when it uses /iː/ — for instance, the …

Aug 2, 2015 · I am looking for a tool to read a word written as phonetic transcription (IPA or APA). I need it to provide users with a tool to verify if they've chosen the correct IPA transcription …

Apr 1, 2020 · The sounds of /ʌ/ and /ʊ/ are only moderately similar from a strictly phonetic point of view. However, in the context of phonology, you might feel like the difference is " [so] minor …

Jan 3, 2024 · Why was the the Greek prefix ‘ευ’ meaning ‘good or virtuous’ transliterated in to English as ‘eu’ rather than ‘ev’ as it would have thus carried over its phonetic value? …

Consider two words, for example, lot and all. The phonetic symbol of l in the two words are the same, which makes me wonder why the sound of l in the first is considered to be the same as …

Aug 24, 2014 · Wanting to be more Californian and trying to correct my accent, I'm looking at the sound for mother, in the North America column. What is the difference between IPA symbols …