- What is the difference between phonetic and phonemic?
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 by native speakers of that language from other (sets of) sounds in that language That's what "distinctive" means -- the English phonemes n and ŋ can be told apart by native speakers of English, because
- phonetics - The ɪ sound vs the i sound - exact difference . . .
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 the vowel is shorter In epicentre, you can find an ɪ because, in many accents, such as the Cambridge Dictionary's main focus of BrE, it is not any sort of ee sound, but an ih sound, as found in hit
- In IPA transcription, what is the difference between “ɪ”, i, “i:”?
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 vowel duration A phonemic representation which explicitly notes this might use the symbols iː and ɪ
- pronunciation - Could you clarify e and ɛ ? - English Language . . .
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 pronunciation, which concerns the phones of a pronunciation, and use slashes, which ordinarily are used to refer to phonemic forms, is asking for confusion
- phonetics - Whats the meaning of e , i: , a: , z and p . . .
The answer marked correct is incorrect The English meaning of long and short vowels is: * a short = cat æ * a long = name eɪ These are two totally different sounds phonetically and not indicated by a colon The : in IPA is a lengthening of the preceding vowel It represents the same sound but lengthened So the example above should be: * E g i: vs i , fiit vs fit (The colon is just
- Are phonics and Phoenician related? - English Language Usage . . .
The word phonetic is of Greek origin (φωνή {phōni} = voice) Greek writing probably first emerged in the 8th century BCE What its predecessors appear to have lacked, namely the Phoenician alphabet, was a comprehensive representation of vowel as well as consonant sounds
- What is the ū sound in English symbol?
Popular phonetic symbols, e g , KK and DJ, are based on IPA, but not IPA One more example, the phonetic symbol of Merriam-Webster dictionary is totally different from IPA
- phonetics - How to differentiate between the different pronunciations . . .
This table shows the differences of phonetic symbols between different sources: IPA AHD MW Sample Words ɝ û ə work, were, bird, dirt, nurse, stir, courage ᴧ ŭ ə but, butt, bud link to the table The
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