Phonemics, or Phonology, is the study of the distribution of sound systems in human languages.A Phoneme is a particular set of sounds produced in a particular language and distinguishable …

May 29, 2019 · But /i:/ can be unstressed too: proceeds /ˈprəʊ.siːdz/. And if it's just a matter of stress, why should there be a distinction in the phonetic transcription, because other vowels …

Feb 4, 2016 · If your own pronunciations happen to be similar to mine, this example may help to clarify the phonetic difference you're asking about. To discuss a matter concerning …

Aug 2, 2015 · @endolith: you would need over a hundred vowel symbols to represent sounds completely unambiguously. IPA has diacritics you put on vowels that tell you to raise, lower, …

Mar 28, 2022 · The Merriam-Webster Learner's dictionary is using IPA, which is the international standard for phonetic notation. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary uses Merriam …

Nov 29, 2018 · The word phonetic is of Greek origin (φωνή {phōni} = voice). Greek writing probably first emerged in the 8th century BCE. What its predecessors appear to have lacked, …

Jun 14, 2012 · There’s no simple answer to any question of the form “How is <letter>/<digraph> pronounced?” It depends. As you’ll have seen in the Wikipedia article, what would have been …

The Nato Phonetic Alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and so on) would be familiar to some, but not to all — my mother would probably think me pretentious for using it. But that is what …

Apr 5, 2023 · Some transcribers elect to distinguish infinitesimally tiny phonetic aspects to try to help give foreigners the little finishing touches that make English sound like English, while …

Apr 12, 2023 · The symbols between the slashes are simplified IPA, that is, phonetic writing. The triangular colon (ː) indicates length, so /aː/ means ‘long a’. The triangular colon (ː) indicates …