Question

Give a list of english vowel phonemes, both pure vowels and dipthongs, according to British Received Pronunciation. Write the phonetic symbol for each vowel and give an example of a word in which it occurs.

Answer 1

  1. /b/ as in bet
  2. /c/ as in cot
  3. /d/ as in dip
  4. /f/ as in fan
  5. /g/ as in got
  6. /h/ as in hot
  7. /j/ as in jar
  8. /l/ as in land
  9. /m/ as in mat
10. /n/ as in nap
11. /p/ as in pet
12. /r/ as in red
13. /s/ as in sip
14. /t/ as in tip
15. /v/ as in van
16. /w/ as in wet
17. /z/ as in zip
18. /sh/ as in ship
19. /ch/ as in chip
20. /th/ as in thin
21. /the/ as in this (Symbol for sound doesn’t match spelling)
22. /ng/ as in rung
23. /hw/ as in when (Symbol for sound doesn’t match spelling)
24. /zh/ as in vision (Symbol for sound doesn’t match spelling)

Vowel Sounds

  1. /a/ as in cat
  2. /e/ as in bet
  3. /i/ as in kid
  4. /o/ as in hot
  5. /u/ as in nut
  6. /ae/ as in favor (Symbol for sound doesn’t match spelling)
  7. /ee/ as in see
  8. /ie/ as in tie
  9. /oe/ as in toe
10. /ue/ as in cue
11. /oo/ as in zoo
12. /oul/ as in would
13. /ow/ as in cow
14. /oy/ as in boy
15. /aw/ as in saw
16. /er/ as in her
17. /ar/ as in car
18. /or/ as in for
19. /err/ as in merry

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