VOICE & ACCENT TRAINING

LANGUAGE
Is divided into two parts

1. Segmental 2. Supra Segmental

Phonetics, Intonation,
Alphabets,…. Rhythm,…
ORGANS OF SPEECH
How many organs of speech?

1. Respiratory System

2. Phonatory System

3. Articulatory System
When we speak

Do we breathe

We only
IN
breatheor OUT
OUT
 There are two types of sound

SIP – ZIP
/S/IP /Z/IP
FAN – VAN
/F/AN /V/AN
SHIP – VI/SI/ON
/SH/IP VISION

Voiceless Sounds – Voiced Sounds

Note: The smallest unit of speech is called a Phoneme

Voiced sounds are those that make vibration when you speak
Voiceless sounds are those that make no vibration when you speak
How many alphabets does the
language
English Hindi have?
language have?
52 Letters – 52 Sounds
English has
26 Alphabets – 41 Sounds (US)
– 44 Sounds (UK)

That is – 20 Vowel Sounds

– 24 Consonant Sounds
ARTICULATION
 Consonant and Vowel sounds
When there is an obstruction to the passage
of air in the oral cavity it is called as a
Consonant Sound

When there is no obstruction to the passage

of air in the oral cavity (there is only a free
flow )it is called as a vowel sound
 Classification of consonants
• 3 questions to be asked

• Where is the obstruction taking place?

• How is the obstruction taking place?
• Are the vocal cords vibrating or not?
 Classification of consonants
• Where is the obstruction taking place?
is called the Place of articulation

• How is the obstruction taking place?

is called as the Manner of articulation

• Are the vocal cords vibrating or not?

will determine if the sound is Voiceless or
Voiced (eg. s/z)
 Places of articulation
• Bilabial
• Labiodental
• Dental
• Alveolar
• Post Alveolar
• Palato Alveolar
• Palatal
• Velar
• Glottal
PLACE OF ARTICULATION
POST ALVEOLAR
Space behind the ridge
ALVEOLAR
the ridge behind the
gums

VELAR
The Soft Palate
DENTAL

The top of the teeth

BILABIAL GLOTTAL
between the lips From the Throat

LABIAL
A Single lip
MANNER OF ARTICULATION

Stricture 1: Complete closure and sudden release of air

Stricture 2: Complete closure and slow release of air
Stricture 3: Complete closure and No release – Air
bypasses through the nose
Stricture 4: Incomplete or partial closure with frictional
release
Stricture 5: Air escaping from the sides of the tongue
Stricture 6 : Little, insignificant, negligible obstruction
Stricture 7: Intermittent closure (not present in English)
MANNER OF ARTICULATION
Complete closure and sudden release of air : Plosive
Eg. p, t, k
Complete closure and slow release of air – Affricates
Eg.Ch as in church and /dz/ as in judge
Complete closure and No release – Air bypasses through
the nose – Nasal – Eg. m, n, ng
Incomplete or partial closure with frictional release
Fricatives -Hissing and buzzing sounds- s, z, sh, zh, f, h
Air escaping from the sides of the tongue – Lateral /l/ as in
lip
Little, insignificant, negligible obstruction – Semivowels
Eg– w, j (ya)
Intermittent closure (not there in English) – Trill
- sound ‘r’ in Indian languages
MANNER OF ARTICULATION

Complete closure and sudden release of air PLOSIVE

– Mouth closed release of air
• AFFRICATES – Mouth closed slow release of air
• FRICATIVES – Sounds with Friction
• NASAL – Mouth closed no release of air
• LATERAL – Mouth open air from sides of tongue
• SEMI – VOWELS – Little or no obstacle to air
CONSONANT TABLE

People,
Boy,
Tried,
Diamond,
Cup,
Gang,
Champion,
Jam,
Family,
Vest,
Thankyou,
Them,
Sun,
Zig-Zag,
Shock,
Vision,
High,
Monkey,
Evening,
King,
Ladder,
Wine,
Rabbit,
Yesterday,
Listen
Baby
Coke
Junk
Vine
Hope
Sing
West
Tame
Good
There
Shine
Measure
Rain
Famous
Pepsi
London
Xerox
Money
Nice
Dollar
aThink
Yummy
Change
Cola
Tina tried to tame Ted's tiger on Tuesday

I thought a thought but the thought I thought

wasn’t the thought I thought I thought

She sells sea shells on the sea shore

Exercise : Repeat after me

INTRODUCTION TO
VOWEL SOUNDS
Vowel Sounds are made up of

1. SHORT VOWELS

2. LONG VOWELS

3. DIPTHONGS
1. SHORT VOWELS

Exercise : Repeat after me

Known as the Known as the
Sheep Sound Schwa Sound
2. LONG VOWELS

Exercise : Repeat after me

3. DIPTHONGS

Exercise : Repeat after me

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain

Why coz the sky is so high and your wife told

me a lie in the month of july

Jones and Gomes wont go slow, though they

know the show wont close so soon.

Exercise : Repeat after me

SYLLABLE STRESS
QUALITIES OF A STRESSED SYLLABLE

1. Higher in Pitch
2. Longer in Length
3. Louder in Volume
4. Clearer in Articulation
SYLLABLE STRESS

`La One Syllable `La Three Syllables

La
La
`La Two Syllables
La `La Three Syllables
La La
`La Two Syllables `La Three Syllables
La La La
WORDS
- eer Engin`eer, Pion`eer
- ee Nomin`ee Train`ee (Exceptions are Coffee,
Toffee, and employee)
- teen Eigh`teen, Thir`teen
- ation Communi`cation Infor’mation
- bility A`bility, Responsi`bility
- ology Bi`ology, Techn`ology
- ete (verbs) Del`ete, Compl`ete
-ect (verbs), -ify
• - ete (verbs) Del`ete, Compl`ete
• -ect (verbs)
• - fer (verbs) Re`fer, Pre`fer
• -oon, balloon, buffoon, afternoon,
• -ology, -ography
• - ese Chin`ese, Japan`ese
• Project, - When it is a noun stress falls on
the first syllable. When it is a verb stress
falls on the second syllable.
• Conduct
• Content
• Object
• Produce
 Compound nouns vs Adjective
nouns
• `Whitehouse, , white `house
• Blueberry, blue berry
• Greenhouse, green house
• Blackbird, black birds,
Compound nouns vs compound
verbs
• Takeoff noun
• Take off – verb
• Logout – noun, log out – verb

• Checkin – noun, check in – verb

• The takeoff is at 9:00 a.m.
• The plane takes off at 9:00 a.m.
ABBRIVIATIONS

M.B.`A.
F.B.`I.
B.`T.
C.I.`A.
INTONATION
What is INTONATION

The Rise and Fall in pitch is knows as

Intonation