PHONETIC RESOURCES : PHONETIC RESOURCES

PHONETICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Phonetic is an important part when someone wants to learn a foreign language. Firstly, because by learning the symbols which are used to represent the speech sound and how to identify the right are essential to produce sounds. Phonetic is an important medium to understand what you are saying and the articulation of your mouth has an important role too.

It is really necessary to find the means to learn phonetic and that´s why you can find important and interesting information about it.

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THE VOCAL TRACT

It is really important to know the parts of speech that you have to use to produce sounds and how to manipulate the air.

Check these documents and links to know more about it!

Check this presentation:

http://es.slideshare.net/MariaMarthaManetteMadrid/the-organs-of-speech-and-their-function

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PLACES AND MANNERS

Places and manners of articulation are important part in the production of the sounds. Manner of articulation refers to how the sound is produced and the way in which the airstream is modified and places refers to what part of the mouth is necessary to use.

This is the consonant chart which is very useful to learn all the consonants and the right way to produce them

These websites will help you a lot to learn manners and places of articulation

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/english_main.swf

PDF DOCUMENT: http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/resources/tench-articulation.pdf

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VOICED AND VOICELESS SOUNDS

Consonants are divided in two parts: voiced and voiceless. Consonants sounds are created when there is a blockage or constriction of air in the vocal tract.

The following websites will provide certain information about voiced and voiceless consonants and the differences between them

http://www.pronunciationtips.com/voiced.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/voiced.htm

PDF DOCUMENT: https://juancarlosfpa.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/voiced-and-voiceless-pdfdef.pdf

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It is really interesting the means that you have to learn English. Take this page in consideration, it is about exercises of phonetics.

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http://www.agendaweb.org/phonetic.html

RETROFLEX SOUNDS

Retroflex sound is produced where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.