二專英語語音unit

EnglishPronunciation&IntonationforCommunication

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Unit1BasicConcepts:Syllables,Stress&Rhythm

Unit1

Syllables,Stress&RhythmAsyllablecanbe:Avowelsoundalone:I

Avowelbeforeaconsonant:iceAvowelafteraconsonant:you,toAvowelbetweenconsonants:cute,toughI,ice,you,to,cute,tough1Syllable音節(jié)一般一個(gè)單詞中有幾個(gè)元音就有幾個(gè)音節(jié)。如何劃分音節(jié)一般單詞中有幾個(gè)元音就有幾個(gè)音節(jié)。先找到元音，元音前面的輔音一般歸屬此元音所在音節(jié)。如果兩個(gè)元音中間有1個(gè)輔音，則此輔音歸屬后面元音所在音節(jié)：

basic['be?s?k]about[?'ba?t]

如果兩個(gè)元音中間有2個(gè)輔音，則1個(gè)歸前面的音節(jié)，1個(gè)歸后面的音節(jié)：

concept['k?nsept]

information[?nf?'me??(?)n]

driveway['dra?vwe?]如果兩個(gè)元音中間有3個(gè)輔音，則中間的輔音既可歸前面也可歸后面：

language['l??gw?d?]

English['??ɡl??]若存在輔音連綴，輔音連綴視作一個(gè)整體劃分歸屬：

improve[?m'pru?v]

transport['tr?nsp?rt]詞尾的輔音歸最后一個(gè)音節(jié)：

sound[sa?nd]2Stress重音

Eachsyllableinawordhasadegreeforemphasis,calledstress.TherearethreestresslevelsinEnglish,

primary('),secondary(

),andunstressed(-)Stressedsyllables:ar-my,ba-by,ci-ty

arelong

haveapitchchange

havefullvowelsounds.Unstressedsyllables:re-peat,de-duct,be-gin

areshort

oftenhaveareducedvowelsound.FarFartherPhonePhoto3Rhythm韻律節(jié)奏

Therhythmofalanguageischaracterizedbythetimingpatternofsuccessivesyllables.Insomelanguages,everysyllableisgivenaboutthesamelength,whileinothers,syllablesvaryinlength.

bananaba

NAAAA

na(short) (long) (short)PatterninEnglish:

Thereisacarinthedriveway.

Iamworkinginthehouse.PatterninChines