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LifeLongLearner10 Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Aspiration
Hi Everybody,
I was listening to a lecture about pronuncuation and It was talking about aspiration which means pronuncing H in some words after specific characters. Well, for someword I do i pronunce a H automaticaly like "why", "when",... but it was saying that there's that same thing after p in "pie"and b in bye. how can I know about that given the fact that there is nothing in about aspiration in phonetic part of dictionaries.
I am a little confused. if there is rule I appreciate if you explain it.
thanks
I was listening to a lecture about pronuncuation and It was talking about aspiration which means pronuncing H in some words after specific characters. Well, for someword I do i pronunce a H automaticaly like "why", "when",... but it was saying that there's that same thing after p in "pie"and b in bye. how can I know about that given the fact that there is nothing in about aspiration in phonetic part of dictionaries.
I am a little confused. if there is rule I appreciate if you explain it.
thanks
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Aspiration is not the same as pronouncing H after another sound. The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) uses a superscript h to show aspiration, but this should not be taken to mean that an H should be pronounced. ( p h , t h , k h ) When you aspirate a sound, you produce a puff of air as you release the sound.
- Aspiration is not the same as pronouncing H after another sound.
- The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) uses a superscript h to show aspiration, but this should not be taken to mean that an H should be pronounced.
- ( p h , t h , k h ) When you aspirate a sound, you produce a puff of air as you release the sound.
- In English, the only sounds that you need to think about aspirating are word-initial or stressed syllable-initial p, t, and k .
- Of these, probably the most audible aspiration is on the t , and the least audible is on the k .
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Aspiration is not the same as pronouncing H after another sound.
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) uses a superscript h to show aspiration, but this should not be taken to mean that an H should be pronounced. (ph, th, kh)
When you aspirate a sound, you produce a puff of air as you release the sound. In English, the on
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) uses a superscript h to show aspiration, but this should not be taken to mean that an H should be pronounced. (ph, th, kh)
When you aspirate a sound, you produce a puff of air as you release the sound. In English, the on
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Hi,
'Wh' words do not normally have a /h/ sound following the /w/ sound. Rather, the words begin with /hw/ in some accents. Sometimes the actual realisation is close to a voiceless labialised velar approximant.
'Wh' words do not normally have a /h/ sound following the /w/ sound. Rather, the words begin with /hw/ in some accents. Sometimes the actual realisation is close to a voiceless labialised velar approximant.
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