Part I Words . . .
Why transcribe?
1 Vowels
The short vowels
The long vowels
Monophthongs (‚pure’ vowels)
Diphthongs
The weak vowels
Summary
2 Consonants
Plosives
Nasals
Fricatives
Affricates
Approximants
Summary
Syllabic consonants
Inflections
3 Word stress
Compound words
4 Allophones
Consonants
Aspiration
Glottal reinforcement
Voiced flapping
Devoicing
/r/
Fronting, backing and rounding
Summary of allophones for each consonant
Vowels
Nasalization
Clipping
Breaking
Smoothing
Diphthongization
5 Accents
Lexical sets
USA
London
West Country
Midlands
North of England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Africa
India
A foreign accent
6 Phrases
Assimilation
Elision
Epenthesis
Liaison
Part 2 will be put online in another blog post.
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