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Phonetics and Phonology (ENG)



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Lesson-12
THE CONSONANTS OF ENGLISH-III

At the end of this section, the students will be able to
• RECOGNIZE and EXPLAIN various diacritic symbols and other resources such as ipatypeit.org and IPA charts.

Topic-065: Introduction to Diacritics

While transcribing (accurately and in detail, a small mark is added to a phonetic symbol to show the way it is spoken. Diacritics include various marks such as accent marks (´ ` ^), the signs of devoicing o and nasalization [
]. The diacritic marks maybe placed over a symbol, under it, before it, after it, or through it. The International Phonetic Association (IPA) recognizes a wide range of such marks diacritics) for both vowels and consonants. In the case of vowels, diacritics indicate differences in frontness, backness, closeness or openness, and lip-rounding or unrounding, nasalization and centralization. On the other hand, in the case of consonants, diacritics are used for voicing or voicelessness, for advanced or retracted place of articulation, aspiration and many other aspects. These small marks are very important for detailed (narrow) transcription.

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