what is phonetics
study of speech sounds in language
consonants
speech sound that isnt a vowel characterised by place and manner of articulation
vowels
a e i o u sounds characters by positioning of tongue, degree of lip rounding
types of vowels
what is elision + example
the omission of a sound in connected speech eg library + chocolate
vowel reduction
vowels being changed to schwa eg to -> ‘t-uh’
assimilation
when sound changes to become more like sounds around it eg ‘kitten’ -> ‘kidden’
insertion
adding sounds where they dont belong eg ‘humbling’ to ‘humb-e-ling’