BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN PHONETIC ALPHABET, CUES, TIPS AND TRICKS
Master Cadre
Special
Vowels
are essentially a tone or a ‘hum’, issuing front the glottis, with the vocal
cords normally vibrating. There are twenty vowels in English. All of them oral,
each represented in the writing system by different letters and their
combinations.
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/i/
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· Centralized Front half close unrounded vowels
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/e/
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· Front unrounded vowel between half close half close
and half open
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/æ/
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· Front unrounded vowel just below the half open position.
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/É’/
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· Back rounded
vowel just above the open position
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/É™/
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· Central unrounded short vowel
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/ʌ/
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· Central unrounded vowel between open and half open.
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/ÊŠ/
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· Centralized back rounded vowel just above half close
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/I:/
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· Front closed unrounded vowel
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/É‘:/
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· A back open unrounded vowel
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/É”:/
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· A back rounded vowel between half open and half
close
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/u:/
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· A back close rounded vowel
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/3:/
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· Central unrounded vowel between half close and half
open
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Closing diphthongs gliding to
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/ei, ai, ɔi/
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/ei/
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· Half- close front position and moves /i/
· Closing movement of the lower jaw
· Lips are spread
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/ai/
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· Front open position and moves /i/
· Lips have a neutral position
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/ɔi/
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· Between the back half open and open positions and
moves /i/
· Lips are rounded at beginning, changing to neutral
towards the end
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Closing diphthongs gliding to
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[ʊ]: /aʊ, əʊ/
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/aÊŠ/
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· Back and front open positions and moves /ÊŠ/
· lips are
neutral at beginning and rounded towards the end
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/əʊ/
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· Central position almost midway between half-close
and half open and moves /ÊŠ/
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Centring diphthongs gliding to
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( É™):
/iÉ™, eÉ™, ÊŠÉ™/
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/iÉ™/
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· Half close centralized front /i/ and moves /É™/
· Lips are neutral
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/eÉ™/
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· Front half open position and moves /É™/
· Lip are neutrally open
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/ÊŠÉ™/
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· Lips are loosely rounded
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