What are linking r and intrusive r?
Language is weird and people can speak the same language and even the same words in different ways. If you …
What’s the difference between stridents and sibilants?
When studying phonetics you may have heard the terms “strident” and “sibiliant.” Sometimes these words are used interchangeably, but they …
Reference in Semantics (referential approach)
A referential approach in semantics is when language is used to refer to something in the world. For example, if …
Definitions Theory and Its Problems
One approach to determine the meaning from words is by using definitions theory. Definitions theory states that in order to …
Speech mechanisms
Speech production includes three main mechanisms. These are: Respiration Phonation Articulation In this article I hope to give you a …
The three types of phonetics
Phonetics studies the physical properties of sound, as opposed to phonology which studies the abstract and mental representations of speech …
The airstream in English
In order to understand articulatory phonetics, we first need to talk about the airstream used in English. English speech sounds …
Distinctive features in English Phonology
Before we talked about phonemes and said that phonemes are the smallest unit of sound that separates meaning. We already …
Manners of articulation
Before reading this article I highly suggest that you read about the places of articulation. You don’t have to read …
Places of articulation
Learning about the places of articulation is really a fundamental step before learning more about phonology and phonetics. Before continuing …
