English Consonant Clusters by P. Sanderson and P. Sanderson (Auth.)

By P. Sanderson and P. Sanderson (Auth.)

With the aid of very finished lists of consonant clusters, a phonetic alphabet and sections on Vowels, Dipthongs and the Glottal cease and plenty of different consonant difficulties, the significance of those phonetic features is emphasised

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Nil) + cons. (nil) but with /r/ in USA (creepers) -hcons. (nil) 4-cons, (nil) PmJ ENGLISH CONSONANT Key lettei: /p/ (second) bp rob Peter PP dp tp vp tape parcels called Paul a wet pen they've pushed it bpl ppl dpi tpr V PJ Φ chief person fpr gp kp zp sp 3P bagpipes stick-pin has poured spin camouflage ports gpi kpl zpl spl 3P r I wish people judge people <*3P each pen tip op I loathe puddings IP Jpl d3pr tjpl öpj CLUSTERS 57 grab plenty drop plenty could please coat-press they have puny muscles if pretty; /fspr/ offspring big plants black plums he's playing splendid; /spr/ spring (not) camouflage private houses fresh plaster average progress such pleasure breathe pure air; /8pr/ bathe properly south precipice + cons.

Structural words: we, will, with, one, what, where, why, when, whether, which, well (as adverb or interjection). Common words: won, win, weather, window, watch, wet, wall, women, war, wine, wild, wheat, well (as noun). g. Cockney THE WEAK CONSONANTS 49 /na(j)i :d/ for need. : /hajam/ or /hejam/ for /ham/ (ham), which may in its extreme form make a consonant cluster when the introduced / j / clashes or merges with the following consonant (s). Key letter / j / (second) bj PJ dj tj XJ Q gj kj Z J sj 3J ij d3J tjj öj ej hj ij m J nj ÜJ r J wj jj beauty, grab you pupil, nip you duty, could you tutor, bit you view, have you few, if you legume (but not initially), big yacht queue, like you is your, usual sue, this youth garage your (car) cash your (cheque) jury, Jew, bridge your (river) chew, catch your (fish) with you thews, both your hue lute, will you music, I am your (friend) news, in your (box) looking your way (nil) (nil) (nil) bj H-cons.

Then come short clusters in common vocabulary words, and longer clusters in longer words or phrases. An asterisk indicates a semi-vowel. Key letter /b/ (voiced) Prefixes and beginnings: ab ob sub /bl br bj/. Endings: (with semi-vowel /) /bl mbl/. Common structural words: be, been, being, by, because, both. Common words: Arab, bulb, club, crab, cube, grab, hub, jab, job, mob, probe, rib, rob, robe, rub, sob, stab, tribe, tube, web, knob, nib. Many of the above, and many other words ending /b/ in English, were or are dialect or slang words in Britain and may seem " not quite polite ", or may not be seen much in print in formal writings, so get neglected.

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