CLASSIFICATION

OF SPEECH
Phonemes Phonetics: Phonology
SOUNDS
E N G L I S H
P H O N O L O G I C A L S Y S T E M

Speech sounds are divided into

vowels and consonants, the
main difference being one of
sonority; vowels are those
sounds which have most
carrying power.
TOPIC 7: THE ENGLISH
PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM Vowel is a voiced sound in the
A R T I C U L A T I O N O F I: VOWELS. PHONETIC T H E E N G L I S H V O W E L pronunciation of which the air
SYMBOLS. STRONG AND
S P E E C H S O U N D
WEAK FORMS.
S Y S T E M
passes through the mouth in a
DIPHTONGS. PHONETIC continuous stream, there being
SYMBOLS. COMPARISON
WITH SPANISH OR THE no obstruction and no
Articulatory Acoustic Auditory OFFICIAL LANGUAGE VOWELS DIPHTHONGS TRIPHTHONGS narrowing such as would
produce audible friction.
Consonant is a sound
accompanied or
unaccompanied by voice, in
which there is either a complete
O R G A N S I N V O L V E D or a partial obstruction, which
prevents the air from issuing
freely from the mouth.
Lungs Larynx Vocal
cords