Questions tagged [phonetics]
Phonetics (pronounced /fəˈnɛtɪks/, from the Greek: φωνή, phōnē, 'sound, voice') is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign.
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'Does that': devoicing [tsaet]
Here are two examples thereof
Does that feel OK, comfortable?
min 09:02:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLB3udjOR0&feature=youtu.be&t=530
Does that sound good?
min 1:02 https://youtu.be/...
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Is the /əʊ/ diphthong in “won’t” and “don’t” elided in SSBE/GB speech?
I'm curious about a pronunciation feature I’ve noticed in British English.
Don't you think that the correct pronunciation of words in SSBE/GB—but not so much in RP—such as "won't" or "...
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Is “-ing” after “k” sometimes pronounced like “-eeng”?
I've noticed that native English speakers sometimes pronounce -ing after a "k" more like -eeng.
For instance, "thinking" may sound more like [ˈθɪŋkiŋ] than [ˈθɪŋkɪŋ].
Is this a ...
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'Coffee': American English pronunciation
According to the Longman Pronunciation Dict., in American English:
57% /ɔː/
6% /ɑː/
37% no distinction.
What does "no distinction made" exactly mean?
Free variation? If so, interspeaker ...
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How can native speakers distinguish between lenis and fortis finals such as /tʃ/ and /d��/ as in /ɛtʃ/ and /ɛdʒ/?
I find it very challenging to tell apart a lenis and a fortis finals, for example /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ as in /ɛtʃ/ and /ɛdʒ/.
I'm not sure about native speakers. Is it easy to them to distinguish between for ...
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Deletion of interconsonantal schwa in words with phonetic rhotic reduction
Waterway /ˈwɔːt(ə)weɪ/
00:07:40 https://youtu.be/G4uHFEBHAw4?si=PhUGNtF_ysBCryur&t=454
According to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, this should not be possible, unlike say fathomless /ˈfæð(...
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Does clipping (also rhythmic) still work for flap /t/ in modern General American accent?
In Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (LPD), Wells states that the vowel immediately preceding the flap /t/ experiences clipping. However, many recent speeches on Youglish shows that this doesn't seem ...
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Pronunciation of English 'hiccup': Which syllables takes [k]?
At the time of writing, Internet sources in general, dictionaries in particular, give differing answers to my question. For example, Cambridge dictionaries specify [ˈhɪk.ʌp], whereas Merriam-Webster ...
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Glottal stop after the obstruents
This is my first post here, so if I make any mistakes, please correct me.
At the beginning, I must specify that I mean the Standard Southern British English/General British/modern RP.
I'd like to ask ...
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Final stem -s pronounced /z/ in Latinism (glans, ens, lens)
How come the final sibilant became voiced /z/ in words such as glans (plural glandes /ˈɡlændiːz/), ens (plural entia /ˈEntiə/), or lens (plural lenses)?
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Wronger (comparative): /ˈrɔːŋər/
According to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, wronger (comparative) is pronounced as /ˈrɔːŋər/, without restoring the /g/, unlike for example younger /ˈjʌŋɡər/, longest /ˈlɒŋɡəst)/, etc.
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Whispered voiced sibilant fricatives / z ʒ / (e.g., cee vs zee)
Are whispered voiced sibilant fricatives devoiced to the point of being indistinguishable from their (whispered) voiceless counterparts, /s ʃ/ ?
For example, Asher = azure, mesher = measure, buses = ...
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How should phonetic symbol "tilted t" be pronounced?
The phonetic symbols for the first and second words' "t" are different from the "t" in the third word. What is the difference? How should the tilted "t" be pronounced?
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I don't understand what this woman said in radio station [closed]
I have some difficult to understand phonetic in English, i speak a bad English (but tourists can understand it), I can write (maybe with some errors) in English, but it's rare for me to understand ...
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Is "parker" ([ˈpʰɑ̈˞kɚ]) a common pronunciation of "parkour" in American English?
I've recently had a small argument with a coworker about the pronunciation of parkour. Neither of us is a native speaker. She seems to believe "parker" (in narrow IPA, [ˈpʰɑ̈˞kɚ]) is the &...
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