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- 1. Introduction to Phonetics: Consonants Gokhale Education Society’s S.M.R.K. B.K. A.K Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Nasik-5. CC English (LL) F.Y.B.Com. Sem I Ms.Geetanjali Gitay Assistant Professor Dept. of English CC English (LL) F.Y.B.Com. Sem I Unit 1
- 2. Introduction •In the last presentation, we discussed : 1. What is Phonetics? 2. What are Phonemes? 3. Speech Event 4. Organs of Speech 5. Phonemes 6. Vowels (20): Pure Vowels(12) and Diphthongs (08) 7. Vowels in Transcription
- 4. Consonants • There are total 24 consonant sounds in English. • Consonant sounds cannot be pronounced continually. • Pronunciation of consonants involves closure of organs of speech. • Phonemic symbols for consonants are as shown below:
- 6. Syllable • A phoneme is the smallest unit in phonetics. • Two or more phonemes form the next higher unit called the syllable. • In each syllable there is one vowel sound. A single vowel sound can form a syllable but consonants without vowels cannot form a syllable. • A word may have one syllable. e.g. bit, kit, but, cut, put, book • A word may have multiple syllables. e.g. Matter – ma-tter Minimal – mi-ni-mal Electricity – e-le-ctri-ci-ty Better - be-tter Maximum - ma-xi-mum River -ri-ver Account - a-ccount
- 7. Conclusion In this presentation, we discussed : 1. Consonants 2. Phonetic Symbols used to Represent Consonants 3. Phonetic transcriptions of consonants used in words. 4. Concept of a Syllable
- 8. Text Content Source : 1. Spoken English : A Manual of Speech and Phonetics, Bansal R.K. and Harrison J.B., Orient Longman , (Second Edition)(1991) Image Source : 1. www.google.com