Questions tagged [ipa]
International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA)
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How would you transcribe and/or describe this vowel?
I'm analyzing the /æ/ vowel sound (also known as 'short A') found in words like cat, dad, or man. I am particularly interested in how that sound is realized in different dialects of American English ...
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What is the difference between /a/ and /æ/?
I don't quite understand the difference between /a/ and /æ/.
Google gives the transcription for 'add' as /ad/, while Wiktionary returns /æd/.
Are these sounds actually distinct or is this just two ...
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What is the difference between /ʊ/ and /ʌ/ in British English?
/ʌ/ cut, hut, bun, nothing, love, enough, flood, does
/ʊ/ put, soot, foot, good, look, cook
To me the ʌ is a more short, low front (unrounded?) vowel, but the vowel /ʊ/ which sounds like "uh" is a ...
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Why don't you [tʃʊ]
What phonological processes take place in the pronunciation of Why don't you as as just [tʃʊ]?
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kept to himself [kɛpʔm.sɛlf]
What phonological process produces the pronunciation (roughly kept to himself [kɛpʔm.sɛlf]) that's heard in this clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZPkiC94FEo
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Why is [ɚ] used instead of [əɹ] in IPA phonetic transcriptions of English words?
Is there any pronunciation difference between both? Shouldn't IPA use one symbol per phonem/allophone? Curiously, this happens with the schwa, but not with "true" vowels, eg the A in car [kɑɹ].
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I am looking for a reverse API tool
I'm looking for a tool for write the sound of the word (phonetic) and have all the words that have that sound.
It's very usefull when people don't use the good sounds or to know what a native speaker ...
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Is the word “I'm” pronounced like /əm/, instead of /aɪm/, when it is unstressed? [closed]
Is the word "I'm" pronounced like /ʌm/ or /əm/, instead of /aɪm/, when it is unstressed?
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Transcription and pronunciation of the 'un-' prefix in General American English
What's the correct transcription and pronunciation of the 'un-' prefix in General American English?
Cambridge Online dictionary provides the following transcription: /ʌn/
It's the same in words with ...
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How do you pronounce the word Shaman?
I found 2 American pronunciation samples on Forvo, and they said /ˈʃæmən/ (audio), I wonder if British people say /ˈʃeɪmən/ (audio), or not? Could you please tell me something about that?
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IPA confusion for 'Aegis'
Merriam-Webster says: \ˈē-jəs \ or \ˈā-jəs\
Cambridge says: /ˈiː.dʒɪs/ for US
Oxfor says: /ˈiːdʒɪs/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aegis
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/...
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Reason behind Oxford Dictionaries's IPA transcription?
For some reason or another, I was looking at the Oxford Dictionaries definition for ailurophile (cat-lover).
Then I noticed that, underneath its Pronunciation header, it gives the IPA transcript as
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Connected speech resources
I am very interested in British pronunciation, so I am looking for resources about connected speech and IPA in general.
The ideal would be a book with the transcription of dialogues or just ...
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Difference between /əʳ/ and /ɚ/
Consider the word 'future.' Cambridge Dictionary shows the transcriptions /ˈfjuːtʃəʳ/ and /ˈfjuːtʃɚ/. Are they different?
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The inconsistent long i sound in English [duplicate]
As a phonics teacher, I have long had a problem with finding the right explanation to my students about an inconsistent sound. Hope someone has the explanation to it here.
The long i sound in ...
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What's the difference between the AA (ɑ) and AO (ɔ) sound?
I'm working with the CMU pronunciation dictionary and I can't comfortably say I can understand what difference in sound they're trying to indicate by splitting AA and AO into different phonemes.
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How to pronounce “urethra”?
I'm confused how to pronounce "urethra". I looked up in the dictionary, it's | jʊˈriːθrə |. Shouldn't it be pronounced "yu-ri-ther"? Many YouTube videos pronounced it "yu-ri-thra".
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IPA syllable breaks
When using IPA, I am aware that <.> (full stop) represents a syllable break.
However, I have also read that a <-> (hyphen) can also be used? Is this correct? If so, is it simply a matter of ...
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Different pronunciations of “-ead”/“-ed”/“-aid” words
I find that American/British English dialects tend to pronounce words like "bed", "red", "dead", "bred", "said", etc. with the exact same vowel sound: the IPA ɛ vowel (- and so this question may seem ...
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Why is “thank you” pronounced as /θaŋ kjuː/ (“thang-Q”)?
I would like to know how native speakers say “thank you”. Do they pronounce it /θaŋk juː/ or /θaŋ kjuː/?
I am Asian and I was taught in school to say /θaŋ kjuː/ but teachers didn't explain the ...
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Why are “fun” and “hulk” phonetically transcribed with the same vowel but pronounced differently?
I see many words in English have the same phonetics but I don't know why they sound different.
It means if we read the phonetics and pronounce, it will be wrong.
Here are the examples.
fun : /fʌn/
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Can someone help me with the transcription of the word ´mother´? (IPA)
I am really not sure whether the word ´mother´ should be transcribed like this: ´mʌðə´ or like this ´mɒðə´. In my opinion, the second one sounds better. The word mother is similarly pronounced as for ...
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What's the lowered “single quote” lookalike marking in phonetic symbols
I understand that the normal "single quote" marking indicates stress, but what about the lowered one?
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Where can i find the IPA sounds with example words and their pronunciation?
I want to learn the IPA but all the websites i found are incomplete. For example: it has the sounds chart but doesn't have example words (with pronunciation), and sometimes it doesn't even have the ...
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Can the schwa sound predict spelling?
More specifically, I was wondering whether the schwa sound can predict which vowel to use in spelling?
For instance, does the schwa sound predict "a" spelling more than "e" spelling?
I noticed that ...
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Different /ə/ pronunciation at the end of a word; for example, in “phenomena”
Sorry for my English but I'm a self-taught beginner.
That's why I had been looking at the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) with high hopes until I saw phenomenon’s plural form.
In the singular, ...
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Should I pronounce the singular “Irishman” and the plural “Irishmen” identically?
Can someone tell me how to pronounce the following:
Irishman/Irishmen
I have read carefully, according to the online Oxford Living Dictionaries, the pronunciation of words like Irishman/Irishmen: ...
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A syllable-initial consonant is semi-vowelized before a semivowel?
In English, a syllable-initial consonant is semi-vowelized before a semivowel?
For example, what's the IPA pronunciation of the word music?
/mjuzɪk/
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/mʲuzɪk/
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Difference between /ʌ/ and /ə/ in English IPA
If someone who is a linguistics expert could explain this to me in a way I can understand, I'd really appreciate it. I get that /ʌ/ is used on stressed vowels and /ə/ on reduced vowels, but they sound ...
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Are [ɪ] and [i] are allophones of the same phoneme in English? [closed]
I am leaning towards no, but would like confirmation and perhaps an example to illustrate.
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What is the IPA of the throat clearing ch sound?
Is there a standard IPA equivalent of the gargle-ish sound you make when you clear phlegm out of your throat, like when you pronounce 'Achmed', where the 'ch' is the 'phlegm' sound?
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How to calculate number of syllables in a word using only the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) spelling?
I want to write an algorithm to calculate the number of syllables in a word. This process is an automated one that will be run on an entire dictionary so manually counting the number of breaths, chin ...
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Influence of inflections on Phonics Rules and Syllables Types
I'm doing a small research on English phonics rules and I'm trying to clarify the influence of inflections in word forms.
It's best to explain my problem with some examples.
The letter 'a' in the ...
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Are əʊ and oʊ the same?
Are əʊ and oʊ the same?
For example are the following pairs pronounced the same:
/ɡrəʊ/ vs /ɡroʊ/ (grow)
/nəʊ/ vs /noʊ/ (no )
Is there any difference in pronunciation?
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Why is the 'o' in 'antimony' pronounced differently than that in 'antinomy'?
So, 'antimony' comes from the latin 'antimonium', wherein the 'o' is pronounced as an /ō/. So, the 'o' in 'antimony' is pronounced as an /ō/.
'Antinomy' comes from the latin 'antinomia', wherein the ...
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Is there any word with two consecutive monophthongs whose symbols could be combined to a diphthong? [closed]
For example, ɔ and ɪ in one word one after another. Note that I talking about a situation where the symbols could be combined as written l, not the sounds. IPA does not have explicit different written ...
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Pronunciation: ah, oh, etc
English vowels have several pronounciations so when people try to explain how to pronounce foreign words (without IPA, which is what they should be using ;-)) they add lots of silent Hs and hyphens, e....
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Confused About Standard IPA
I'm looking for standard IPA but every book, even dictionaries implement it differently.
for example [ɑ] and [ɑ:] or this symbol [ɛ] vs [e].
Some books omit the [i] sound which is the last sound of ...
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Are o͞o and ü interchangeable?
In Google's dictionary, the word "human" is displayed with the o͞o pronunciation symbol, whereas most other dictionaries I checked use the [standard IPA?] ü.
Are these really interchangeable or is ...
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What phonetic alphabet is used here?
Can someone tell me what phonetic alphabet is used here? Also, how is this word pronounced?
Update: This is a scientific term from a 1976 National Bureau of Standards manual. The original word is ...
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What does () mean in IPA? [closed]
The word expanse in the Merriam Webster dictionary has this IPA transcription.
ik-ˈspan(t)s
Does the () mean that the t is optional, or that it's very lightly pronounced? It would seem more ...
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Is the /eə/ sound related to the /ə/ sound in British English?
Lately I'm into improving my English (UK) pronunciation. I'm using the IPA chart for such purpose.
I was wondering if there's any relationship between the ə sound and the several diphthongs that ...
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In phonetic writing, what does italics mean?
The word government is supposed to be pronounced guhv-ern-muh nt
See here http://www.dictionary.com/browse/government?s=t
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How do you pronounce these Greek letters in English dictionary definitions?
Dictionary definitions for the English language usually have the word spelled out in Greek letters to indicate how the word is pronounced phonetically.
Examples highlighted:
What are these Greek ...
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Some questions about IPA vowels
I'm studying the English vowels of the IPA. However, I got a few questions which can't be diffused after discussions with my friends.
1. What's the difference between "ə" and "ʌ"?
I don't want an ...
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Why is /ɪŋk/ used with “ink” words when the actual pronunciation is /ijŋk/?
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1) Words correctly coded /iː/ sound for "i"
a) routine /ruːˈtiːn/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/routine
b) machine /məˈʃiːn/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/machine
2) Words correctly ...
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'Sag' and 'slant': Is the vowel /æ/ the same in both words?
/sæg/
/slænt/
Transcriptions from Cambridge American English Dictionary
Both the words' IPA transcriptions have an /æ/ symbol. Do those two /æ/s sound the same?
Are they both short or long?
Is /æ/ ...
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Pronunciation of -ar in Madagascar
In the movie by the same name, the characters pronounce Madagascar, /mædəɡæskɑɹ/. However, dictionaries only list the pronunciation /mædəɡæskəɹ/. Just as peculiarly, many pronounce templar as /tɛmplɑɹ/...
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Theoretical Phonemes [closed]
I have been looking at IPA recently and I was wondering if there are any sounds that can theoretically be created by humans but do not exist or have not existed in any known languages. Or maybe a ...
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How to pronounce a superscript ə?
And why there's a superscript ə? just found this on the dictionary.cambridge.org ...
