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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... English phonology is the system of speech sounds used in spoken ... For example, the English word through consists of three ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Examples p: pʰ ... English phonology; List of dialects of the English language; Phonetic alphabets;
The Sound Pattern of English (frequently referred to as SPE) is a 1968 work on phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle. In spite of its title, it presents not only a view of the phonology of English, but also discussions of a large variety of phonological phenomena of many other languages. The index lists about 100 such languages.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... For example, in Japanese ... phonotactics, and the lexicon in English phonology. International Journal of English Studies 4: 1 ...
An example of this can be seen in French, where petite nièce ("little niece") is pronounced [pətit njɛs]. If the rule which deletes word-final /-ə/ in French had been applied before another rule which deletes word-final consonants before another consonant, this would have been an example of feeding order and the "final output" form ...
The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change (abbreviated ANAE; formerly, the Phonological Atlas of North America) is a 2006 book that presents an overview of the pronunciation patterns in all the major dialect regions of the English language as spoken in urban areas of the United States and Canada.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... consider the manifestation of the English plural: ... for example). In derivational phonology, effects that are inexplicable ...
An example of both can be seen in the future-marking suffix-en in the Yokutsan languages. Its vowel is supposed to be an underlying high vowel, though it surfaces as a mid vowel. Vowel rounding always applies before vowel lowering. Due to this order of phonological rules, the interaction of the suffix vowel with rounding harmony is opaque.