Phonology – Vowels, Consonants, Stress

English phonetics, 44 speech sounds, pure vowels, diphthongs, consonants, syllabification, and word stress rules for K-TET, GPSTR, and HSTR.

3 topics, 60 practice questions

1. Phonetics Fundamentals: The 44 Speech Sounds, Vowels, and ConsonantsBasic

   Introduction to Received Pronunciation (RP), classification of 44 speech sounds into 20 vowels (12 monophthongs, 8 diphthongs) and 24 consonants.

2. Applied Phonology: Consonant Articulation, Syllabification, and Minimal PairsIntermediate

   Manner and place of consonant articulation, plosives, fricatives, nasals, counting syllables in words, and identifying minimal pairs.

3. Advanced Phonology: Word Stress, Shift of Accent, and Intonation PatternsAdvanced

   Rules of word stress, grammatical stress shift (noun/verb alternation), weak forms, and terminal intonation contours (falling vs. rising pitch).

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