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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
What is the correct way to pronounce these words?
I'm very confused after listening to audios from different websites!
1. Individual
In-dee-vi-joo-al
OR
In-dee-vi-doo-al?
2. Graduate
Gra-joo-ate
OR
Gra-doo-ate?
3. Situation
See-tu-ay-shern
OR
See-choo-ay-shern?
For me, I've always read the hard D and T sounds in these words instead of J and CH sounds. Have I aways been wrong?
1. Individual
In-dee-vi-joo-al
OR
In-dee-vi-doo-al?
2. Graduate
Gra-joo-ate
OR
Gra-doo-ate?
3. Situation
See-tu-ay-shern
OR
See-choo-ay-shern?
For me, I've always read the hard D and T sounds in these words instead of J and CH sounds. Have I aways been wrong?
Top answer
You are not 'wrong' in what you heard, but you transcription system is faulty: the Roman alphabet is not accurate enough to represent the sounds, and all of your transcriptions seem very wrong for what you probably heard. You should learn to use the IPS symbol system, which will speed up your language acquisition. n
- You are not 'wrong' in what you heard, but you transcription system is faulty: the Roman alphabet is not accurate enough to represent the sounds, and all of your transcriptions seem very wrong for what you probably heard.
- You should learn to use the IPS symbol system, which will speed up your language acquisition.
- n
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You are not 'wrong' in what you heard, but you transcription system is faulty: the Roman alphabet is not accurate enough to represent the sounds, and all of your transcriptions seem very wrong for what you probably heard. You should learn to use the IPS symbol system, which will speed up your language acquisition.
ind?'vid??u?l
'græd???u:?t (noun)
'græd???u:'?it (verb)
ind?'vid??u?l
'græd???u:?t (noun)
'græd???u:'?it (verb)
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t and d in the coda of a stressed syllable, u and affrication (choo, joo) are tightly related.
Take a two syllable word that has a form: CV[t/d]u, CCV[t/d]u, V[t/d]u, etc where the stress falls on V.
In this pattern, t and d get weakened or go thru lenition or get affricated.
atu:con-'grat-u-la-tion
adu:'grad-u-al
etu: 'pet-u-lant
edu: 'ed-u-'cate
itu: '
Take a two syllable word that has a form: CV[t/d]u, CCV[t/d]u, V[t/d]u, etc where the stress falls on V.
In this pattern, t and d get weakened or go thru lenition or get affricated.
atu:con-'grat-u-la-tion
adu:'grad-u-al
etu: 'pet-u-lant
edu: 'ed-u-'cate
itu: '
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