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University Of Hassiba BenboualiChlef

Chlef
Faculty of Sciences

Academic Year: 20142015


2014
Semester IIV
Semester:

Field: Sciences of Matter

Study Year:
Year 1st and 2nd Year

Department of Physics

30th Oct., 2014

ANNEX I: TABLE OF ENGLISH PHONEMESPHONETIC


PHONEMES
(PHONEMIC) TRANSCRIPTION

AENGLISH VOWELS

English has the following vowel phonemes:


Phonetic Transcription (Phoneme)

As in the following words

[I]

big [bIg]

[e]

tend [tend]

[]

that [t]

[ ]

cut [kt], run [rn]

[]

log [lg]

[]

put [pt], full


ll [fl]
[f

[]

mother ['mr]

[i:]

lead [li:d], weekk [wi:k]


[w

[:]

car [k:r], laugh


gh [l:f]
[l

[:]

born [b:n], lawnn [l:n]


[l

[u:]

loop [lu:p]

[:] or [:]

burn [b:n], learn [l:n],


], bird
b [b:d]

BENGLISH SEMI-VOWELS

Phonetic Transcription (Phoneme)

As in the following words

[ j]

you [ju:]

[w]

wet [wet], why [waI], tw


win [twIn]

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University Of Hassiba BenboualiChlef


Chlef
Faculty of Sciences

Academic Year: 20142015


2014
Semester IIV
Semester:

Field: Sciences of Matter

Study Year:
Year 1st and 2nd Year

Department of Physics

30th Oct., 2014

CDIPHTHONGS

Phonetic Transcription (Phoneme)

As in the following words

[eI]

late [leIt], greatt [gre


[gr It]

[I]

buy [bI]

[I]

boy [bI], oil [Il]

[]

no [n], road [rd]

[]

now [n], townn [tn]


[t

[I]

idea [I'dI], here [hIr]

[e] or []

there [er]

[]

sure [r]

DENGLISH CONSONANTS

English has the following consonants phonemes:


Phonetic Transcription (Phoneme)

As in the following words

[p]

people ['pi:p
pl]

[b]

bottle ['btl]
tl]

[t]

tea [ti:]

[d]

did [dId]

[k]

come [km], kitchen ['kIt


t In], pick [pIk]

[kw]

quick [kwIk]

[g]

go [g]

[t]

chain [teIn]
n

[d]

gentle ['dentl], jet


et [det]
[

[f]

fine [fIn], physics


ysics ['f
[' IzIks]

[v]

very [verI]

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University Of Hassiba BenboualiChlef


Chlef

Academic Year: 20142015


2014

Faculty of Sciences

Semester IIV
Semester:

Field: Sciences of Matter

Study Year:
Year 1st and 2nd Year

Department of Physics

30th Oct., 2014

[]

thin [In]

[]

this [Is], with [wI]

[s]

peace [pi:s], sea


ea [si:]
[

[ks]

box [bks]]

[z]

his [hIz], zoom


oom [zu:m]
[

[]

she [i:], machine


ine [m'
[m i:n]

[]

measure ['mer], vission ['vIn]

[h]

how [h], hard


ard [h:d]
[

[m]

metal ['metl]
tl]

[n]

night [nIt]]

[]

song [s]]

[l]

help [help]
p]

[r]

rice [rIs]

The symbol ['] indicates that the following syllable carries primary stress and the symbol [] that the
following syllable carries secondary stress.
The symbol [r] in English phonetics indicates that the final r is pronounced only when followed by
a word beginning with a vowel.
[s] after voiceless sounds (p, t, k, f, s, , , h, t); ex: cats, tips,.
[z] after voiced sounds (b, d, g, m, n, , v, , z, , d, l, r, w ); ex: pens, cars, songs.
son
[Iz] after sibilants (s, z, , );
); ex: dishes,
di
boxes
[t] after voiceless sounds (p, t, k, f, s, , , h, t); ex: sipped,.
[d] after voiced sounds (b, d, g, m, n, , v, , z, , d, l, r, w ); ex: followed.
.
[Id] after [d] and [t];; ex: sorted.
sor

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