NEUTRALIZATION Definition : Neutralization is pairs of sound which is not always clear which of the two sounds is being articulates.

It is as if lay between the two distinct sounds. : The vowels /u/, /i/ The consonants : /b/, /d/, /g/ with their voiceless equivalent /p/, /t/, /k/ Patterns 1. /i/
a. When The // is followed by a vowel, the final vowel is deemed to

Kinds

be /i/. The schwa is inappropriate, the long /i:/ is too long and the short /I/ is too short. Example: The orange, The eye /i/ /r In/, /i/ /aI/ b. After some consonants /i/ is used Example : Happy, Easy, Sushi /hpi/, /i:zi/, /su:i/ c. /i/ is used in an unstressed prefix, that followed by a vowel Example : React /rikt/ d. It is also used in short unstressed words followed by a word beginning with a vowel. Example : She asked /i/ /u/ /u/ is used when it is an unstressed syllable followed by a vowel, or the vowel like consonants. Example : to ask and who would

2. /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/, /g/ When this plosive follow /s/ in syllable initial position, they become neutralized. The sound is difficult to place as one or the other; it is only the convention of regular spelling that determines how we transcribe them. Example : /hop/ /hot/ /hock/ Exercises : Every, Carry, Honey