ENS101G Hljóðfræði 1 English Phonetics 1: Pétur Knútsson
ENS101G Hljóðfræði 1 English Phonetics 1: Pétur Knútsson
ENS101G Hljóðfræði 1 English Phonetics 1: Pétur Knútsson
Hljóðfræði 1
English Phonetics 1
Pétur Knútsson
accent
“voice”
accent
pronunciation
phonetic form
“S/he doesn’t speak
English with an
accent”
“S/he doesn’t speak
English with an
accent”
• Britain • USA
• Australia • Canada
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Britain • USA
• Australia • Canada
• New Zealand
• South Africa
dialect
vocabulary, grammar, syntax
grammatical form
accent
pronuciation
phonetic form
dialect
“s/he speaks dialect”
Linguistically,
there’s no such
thing as a corrupt
accent or a corrupt
dialect.
Linguistically,
there’s no such
thing as an ugly
accent or an ugly
dialect.
Linguistically,
there’s no such
thing as a beautiful
accent or a
beautiful dialect.
accent
pronuciation
phonetic form
dialect
vocabulary, grammar, syntax
grammatical form
accent
pronuciation
phonetic form
dialect
vocabulary, grammar, syntax
grammatical form
• Britain • USA
• Australia • Canada
• New Zealand
• South Africa
INTERNATIONAL
ENGLISH
mayor
mayor
mare
mayor
mare
stair bear there heir mayor
fissure
fisher
career
Korea
“schwa”
evident abundant
vacant confident
valiant obedient
NUTRIENT PRESCIENT OMNISCIENT DISSENTIENT PRESENTIENT
TRANSIENT DARENT EVACUANT DILUENT CONTINUANT
PURSUANT CONSTITUENT AFFLUENT EFFLUENT REFLUENT
INFLUENT CONFLUENT CONGRUENT TRUANT OBSTRUENT
CUMBENT LAMBENT DECUMBENT RECUMBENT INCUMBENT
PROCUMBENT DECADENT PAGEANT ALLEGIANT REGENT SEJANT
PRECEDENT ANTECEDENT URGENT EMERGENT INSURGENT
DETERGENT ABSTERGENT VERDANT DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
ACCORDANT CONCORDANT DISCORDANT MORDANT MORDENT
STUDENT PRUDENT IMPRUDENT ARDENT ARGENT SERGEANT
SERJEANT PEDANT TRIDENT INDIGENT AGENT REAGENT
DIFFIDENT CONFIDENT INTELLIGENT UNINTELLIGENT NEGLIGENT
DILIGENT PRECEDENT DISSIDENT ACCIDENT EXIGENT OCCIDENT
INTRANSIGENT INCIDENT COINCIDENT EVIDENT PROVIDENT
IMPROVIDENT RESIDENT PRESIDENT INDULGENT FULGENT
EFFULGENT REFULGENT SCANDENT ABUNDANT
SUPERABUNDANT REDUNDANT PUNGENT DEFENDANT
RESPLENDENT PENDANT PENDENT DEPENDANT DEPENDENT
INTERDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT ASCENDANT ASCENDENT
DESCENDANT DESCENDENT TRANSCENDENT ATTENDANT
INTENDANT SUPERINTENDENT DESPONDENT RESPONDENT
“schwa”
obey
attack
obtain
abstain
perhaps
particular
L1 L2
L1 L2
preliterate: before postliterate: after
learning to read learning to read
• RP (British English)
• GA (American English)
• International English