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english pronounciation rules?
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kezhongdeng
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:43 am Posts: 1
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 english pronounciation rules?
Throng years of english learning,I have noticed that there are some rules for english pronounciation.But I have never found a complete editon of it.I wonder what will a native english speaker do when he or she comes up with a new word,especially those in scientific text books. In our country I have never found any books focusing on these issues.I wonder do you have these books in England or America? If so,what's it?If not ,could you please give me some advice.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
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| Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:43 am |
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shopgirl4502
Joined: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:43 am Posts: 1
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 Re: english pronounciation rules?
Ha Ha. Good Luck with that one. English it far too complicate for there to be a set way to pronounce anything. Many letter combinations have more than one sound associated with them and then there are ALWAYS exceptions and even exceptions to the exceptions.
Honestly, I am not sure if the book you are asking about exists but if it does it would be huge.
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| Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:55 am |
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Catie I
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:07 am Posts: 2
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 Re: english pronounciation rules?
There are books and charts on this subject. Try going to these websites and take a look. They is both interesting and informative.
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/ipa.htm
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/Fall_2001/ling001/English.html
Since there are 24 different sounds for only 5 vowels it can get a bit confusing. :-)
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| Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:59 am |
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teacherhelper
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:03 am Posts: 4
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 Re: english pronounciation rules?
There is no "edition" of English pronunciation, mostly because it's a regional thing. All the dictionaries in the world won't help you with THAT one! In America alone, words are pronounced differently in different parts of the country, heck, in different parts of the state or county!! You just have to listen and decide for yourself what sound "good" to you and go with it. Sorry.
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| Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:24 am |
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wizard bob
Joined: Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:44 am Posts: 1
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 Re: english pronounciation rules?
i beg to differ, yes there are a lot of rules, and once you know the rules you can then look and understand the exceptions. Are there any books on it? Not sure about that - come to think of it, I'd love to write one. Here's some rules for you for starters.
1. Can you understand the difference between can and cane? pin and pine? rod and rode? mut and mute? See how the 'e' changes the vowel sound. 'y' does the same, as do any vowels after the single consonant. (bacon, evil, pony etc...)
2. What's the difference between bony and bonny? Why do we double the consonant? This tells us why we spell bigger, running, with 2 'g's etc.
3. Learn some common endings. -age pronounced 'ij', -ock, -er, -le. Words like paddock, pillock, tipple, table, summer, bondage all are regular spellings.
4. Notice how 'ce' and 'ci' have a S sound and ca, cu, co have a hard K sound. The same goes for ge / gi and go / gu / ga. To make a c or g hard you must add a 'u'. Now biscuit, guild and guide are regular spellings.
5. Learn the sounds of vowel combinations, and look for similarities. 'au' is the same sound as 'aw' and 'or / ore / oar' (in British English) and this is very regular. Saying it is therefore easy. Spelling it is harder.
Look how these words have the same pron:
lore - law
taut - tort
core - caw
board - bored etc
Want more?
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