FEATURES OF PRONUNCIATION

Phoneme Suprasegmental features

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Consonants Vowels Intonation Stress

Voiced Unvoiced Single Diphthongs Word stress Sentence stress

vowels

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semester attaché orator honorable
professor magazine talented comfortable
committee guarantee deficit applicable
condolence overlook registrar controversy
distinguish understand triangle testimony
insurance rectangle actually
distribute prevalent vegetable
determine nucleus characterize
dioxide commandant
interpret theory
percentage manual
medium
5. 1-2-3-4 6. 1-2-3-4 7. 1-2-3-4 8. 1-2-3-4-5
parameter January education pronunciation
appreciate February economic communication
depreciate dictionary scientific enunciation
delirium circumstances corporation clarification
delineate centimeter sentimental preliminary
negotiate categories detrimental interpretation
kilometer antecedent
anorexia
adolescent
convalescent
9. 1-2-3-4-5 10. 1-2-3-4-5
interpretative nationality
administrative zoological
communicative biological
subsidiary anniversary
differentiate
NOUN (1st syllable) VERB (2nd syllable)

Subject subject
Record record
Object object
Rebel rebel
Increase increase
Produce produce
Process process
Progress progress
Digest digest
Permit permit
Survey survey
Present present
Protest protest
Envelope envelope
PHONETIC PHOOLISHNESS
By H.:. Vogelsang

If you pronounced HEAD, DEAD, and BEAD

you’ll hear the last word rhymes with DEED
And in this poem you will find
many items of this kind.
For instance:
DEAR and FEAR and HEAR and BEAR
GEAR and TEAR but WEAR and TEAR
YEAST and LEAST and PLEASED but PLEASANT
MEAT and PEAT but SWEAT and GREAT
The last word rhymes with FREIGHT and WEIGHT.

Quite different again is HEIGHT,

Which sounds like BITE, INDICT and LIGHT.

The next line should be read with care:

The PRAYING PRAYER SAYS his PRAYER.
BEAN and LEAN and MEAN but MEANT,
Note “G” in GET, in GEM and GENT.
VICE but CREVICE – ADVICE – DEVICE,
LICE but MALICE – POLICE – CONCISE.
We say DREAMT but also DREAMED,
The latter rhyming with ESTEEMED.
CREW and BLEW and NEW but SEW
COW and ROW but SOW and ROW.
MEASLES does not sound like MEASURE,
The same applied to TREASON and TREASURE.
BRAID and MAID and LAID but SAID,
TREAT but THREAT and THREAD and TREAD.
A prison is often called JAIL,
Which word is also written as GAOL.
Now note the difference with GOAL,
Which rhymes with FOAL, and DOLE and ROLL.

First say DANGER then ANGER,

Mind the latter rhymes with CLANGOR.
COUNT but COUNTRY, SOUTHERN but SOUTH;
Disguise but BRUISE, YOUTH but MOUTH.
AUNT is not like VAUNT and TAUNT.
BROOK but BROOCH and BROOD but BLOOD;
HOOD but MOOD and FOOD but FLOOD;
MINT but PINT and CORK but WORK;
DULL and GULL and HULL but FULL.
OUR but FLOUR but TOUR and POUR
We say BONE and LONE but GONE.
Pronounce your choice like DON or DAWN.
Now reader always bear in mind the differences in word pronunciation
Don’t blame yourself if you can’t!