Phonetics

(study of production + reception + classification of

speech sounds)
+ phonology
(Study of the distribution and patterning of speech
The nature of sounds)
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Phonemes --> units of significant sound in a language

Allophones --> different variations of phonemes

A description of the English vowels

Phonological system of the English language I: the
The English vowel
vowels. Phonetic symbols. Strong and weak forms.
Diphthongs. Phonetic symbols. Comparison with the
system /i:/ /i/ /e/ /ae/ /a:/ /o/ /o:/ /u/ /u:/ /˄/ / / ᵊ
phonological system of the oficial language of the We should take into
corresponding autonomous community account: lips/tongue
position + height + The English diphthongs --> they arose from the conjunction of long or
tenseness + short vowels with /u/ or /o/ with a following /i/
nasalization They are classified according to length, height and narrowness.

/ei/ /ᵊ/ /ᵊu/ /ai/ /au/ /oi/ /iᵊ/ /eᵊ/ /oᵊ/ /uᵊ/ /ïe/ /üᵊ/ /üi/
A weak form usually
becomes a schwa
Strong and weak Weak forms include:
forms Determineres
They give as a Pronouns .are /a:/ (strong form) /ᵊ/ (weak form)
The phonological result gradation Prepositions,
system of English
Conjuctions
Auxiliary verbs

In spanish there are no long and short vowels

Comparing English and In English there are 12 pure vowels and 21 diphthons
Spanish phonological There are distintive
systems phonemes In Spanish there are 5 diphthongs and 16 possible
diphthongs