Welcome to Stirling University's on-line phonology course. This course has been designed as a self-access course for all those interested in learning the script and identifying the sounds of the phonology of R.P.(Received Pronunciation). The course is designed so that either native or non-native English speakers can achieve quite a sophisticated understanding of the basics of phonology. It is ...

Speech Analysis Tutorial INTRODUCTION Phonetics is part of the linguistic sciences. It is concerned with the sounds produced by the human vocal organs, and more specifically, the sounds which are used in human speech. One important aspect of phonetic research is the instrumental analysis of speech. This is often referred to as experimental phonetics, or machine phonetics. The instrumental ...

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126.138: General Phonetics Fall 2000 General Syllabus -- not this year's syllabus (yet), but at least it has my office number and what not. Announcements Second transcription quiz on Friday, September 29. You should be able to transcribe any one-syllable word of Canadian English. Practice Broad transcription exercises (no sound) Consonant description drill Broad transcription reading practice ...

And why (The phantom linguist strikes again!) Did you ever wonder why we spell some words in English in ways which bear no resemblance to the way they are pronounced, for example: (1) laugh sigh sight enough nigh night rough thigh height tough high right cough sleigh light Remember Bernard Shaw's word ghoti with the gh from laugh, the o from women and the ti from nation and pronounced 'fish'