Revision Notes for Phonetics Exam

1. Phonetics and phonology:
· Pronunciation: definition and its main features
· Phonetics: definition and its areas of study
· Phonology: definition and its areas of study
· Phonemes: definition and its main categories
· Table of English phonemes

2. Vowels:
· Definition
· Vowel classification
· Vowel phoneme chart
· Describe all the vowels in the words

3. Consonants:
· Definition
· Consonant classification
· Consonant phoneme chart
· How to make sounds

4. Suprasegmental features of speech:
· Definition
· The main suprasegmental features of English speech

5. Transcribe the words phonetically

6. Mark the stress on the words

7. Mark the intonation of some specific words in sentences

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Glossary for English Phonetics and Phonology

This clickable glossary for English Phonetics and Phonology explains the main technical terms used in phonetics

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http://www.cambridge.org/elt/peterroach/resources/Glossary.pdf