THE BASIS OF

PHONETICS &
PHONOLOGY
International
Phonetics Alphabet

Phonetics & Phonology

Phonetics & Phonology

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Phonetics & Phonology

The phone is the basic unit of
phonology.
Phonological rules for a particular
language dictate both phoneme and
allophones used by the language and
the acceptable syllable structures
(phoneme/allophone combination)
Phonetics and phonology are strongly
interrelated. Phonetics provide the
speaker with the sound differentiation
necessary to imply meaning whereas
phonology helps the speaker
understand sound patterns,

International Phonetic Alphabet

The IPA provides the user with a
universally accepted symbols for each
of the speech sounds.
The IPA is phonetic, not phonemic in
design. In other words, a particular
symbol is used to represent the
pronunciation of a speech sound, not
to delineate a change in meaning.
The International Phonetic
Association, the agency governing
IPA, has a system of detailed
principles applied to the formation
and variation of the alphabet (see the
IPA chart)
IPA does not use capital letters

IPA
Chart

English
Sounds
Chart

Other symbols, Diachritics, and

Suprasegmentals
Other symbols, diachritics, and
suprasegmentals are the three
subscription of IPA used to enhance
and further delineate production.
The other symbols category allows for
the transcription of additional sounds
not fully represented in consonants
and vowel categories.
Diachritics are symbols designed to
be added to consonant, vowels, and
other symbols to further describe the
phoneme.
Suprasegmentals provide information
on stress, boundaries, timing, and

Why Do We Need to Study English Phonology? [1]

Why Do We Need to Study English Phonology? [2]