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Phone A speech sound


Phonetics The study of the precise specifications of
speech sounds
Phoneme A speech sound used to distinguish meaning in
a specific language
Phonology The study of phonemes
Allophone A variation of a phoneme which does not
change meaning if used.
Plosive A sound formed by blocking air somewhere
and then releasing it eg /p/ or /k/
Fricative A sound made by forcing air through a narrow
space, causing friction eg /s/, /f/, /h/
Affricate A sound made by producing a plosive then a
fricative in the same place. /ʤ/ and /ʧ/ in
English
Nasal A sound made by releasing air through the
nose rather than through the mouth. /m/, /n/,
and /ŋ/.
Voicing Vibration of the vocal cords as a sound is
made - eg /b/, /g/, /v/, and all vowel sounds
Bilabial A sound made by using both lips - /w/, /p/, /b/,
/m/
Labiodental A sound made by placing the top teeth on the
lower lip - /f/and /v/ in English
Dental A sound made by placing the tongue behind
the top teeth - in English /θ/ and /ð/
Alveolar A sound made by raising the tip of the tongue
to the bony ridge behind the teeth - eg /t/,
/s/, /n/
Velar A sound made by raising the back of the
tongue to the soft palate - /k/, /g/ and /ŋ/ in
English
Glottal A sound produced in the glottis, or vocal cords
- /h/ in English
Vowel A sound produced by allowing air to pass out
from the lungs without obstruction.
Consonant A sound produced by obstructing, completely
or partially, the flow of air from the lungs.
http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/01/an-elt-glossary-catenation-liaison.html

cantenation
linking j
intrusive r
elision
assimilation
 Consonant- Vowel (CV) linking : a syllable final consonant is linked to a syllable initial vowel,
so that  it sounds as if it starts the second syllable rather than finishing the previous one: 
        start up  /stɑːt ʌp/        his own /hɪz əʊn        call out /kɔːl aʊt/

 Vowel - Vowel (VV) linking : a syllable final vowel is linked to a syllable initial vowel using an
"intrusive" consonant - /r/, /w/ or /j/ : 
         I saw it /aɪ sɔː r ɪt/             go and see  /gəʊ w ənd siː/    
         my only hope /maɪ j əʊnliː həʊp/

Many writers refer to CV linking as catenation and VV linking as liaison, and this is the way the terms
are used in other articles here in the ELT Notebook.

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/p/ plosive
/k/ plosive
/f/ fricative
/ʒ/ fricative
/θ/ fricative
/h/ fricative
/d/ plosive
/m/ nasal
/n/ nasal
/ŋ/ nasal
/ʤ/ affricate
/ʧ/ affricate
/r/ approximant
/w/ approximant
/j/ approximant
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/p/ bilabial
/v/ labiodental
/ð/ dental
/z/ alveolar
/ʒ/ palatal
/h/ glottal
/g/ velar
/r/ post-alveolar

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