Features of the International Phonetic Alphabet

The characteristics of the International Phonetic Alphabet are as follows:

The International Phonetic Alphabet has three main characteristics:

1. Accurate pronunciation. The International Phonetic Alphabet is one note, one note, one note, one note. That is, a phoneme is represented by only one symbol, and a symbol only represents a fixed phoneme. So the pronunciation is very accurate.

2. The International Phonetic Alphabet looks simple and clear visually. It is intuitively easier to memorize and learn, and is easier to read, read and write.

3. The International Phonetic Alphabet is very flexible in use. The number of letters on the International Phonetic Alphabet is limited, but when the recorded language encounters special phonemes, new characters can be created according to the principles established by the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Phonetic Alphabet (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a symbol for recording phonemes and a symbol for writing phonemes. It is used in linguistics. The proposer of phonetic symbols is H. Swester P. Percy Jones. There are 20 vowels, 28 consonants, and 48 *** in the English phonetic symbols.

The principle of formulating phonetic symbols is: a phonetic symbol is composed of multiple phonemes. A phonetic symbol composed of two phonemes is called a diphthong, such as the Chinese Pinyin alphabet, the English Webster Phonetic Alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet. wait.

Vowel parts

20

The International Phonetic Alphabet parts used in English are as follows:

[ɑ:][?:] [i:] [?:] [u:][?][?][?][?][?][e] [?]

[ei], [ai], [? i], [i?], [?], [u?], [au], [?u]

Single vowels

12

Long vowels (5)

/i:/ /ɑ:/ /?:/ /u:/ /?:/

Short vowels (7)

p>

/?/ /e/ /?/ /?/ /?/ /?/ /?/

Diphthongs

8

< p>/e?/ /a?/ /?/ /?/ /a?/ /?/ /e?/ /?/