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VOICE & ACCENT TRAINING



LANGUAGE

1. Segmental 2. Supra Segmental

Phonetics,

Alphabet

Intonation,

Rhythm

Is divided into two parts



ORGANS OF SPEECH



How many organs of speech?

1. Respiratory System

2. Phonatory System

3. Articulatory System



When we speak

Do we breathe

IN

or

OUT

We onlybreathe OUT



There are two types of sounds

SIP – ZIP

FAN – VANSHIP – VISION

/S/IP – /Z/IP

/F/ AN – /V/ AN/SH/IP – VI/SI/ON

Note: The smallest unit of speech is called a PhonemeVoiced sounds are those that make vibration when you speak

Voiceless sounds are those that make no vibration when you speak

Voiceless Sounds – Voiced Sounds



How many alphabets does the

language Hindi have?

52 Letters – 52 Sounds

How many alphabets does the

English language have?

English has

26 Alphabets – 41 Sounds (US)

– 44 Sounds (UK)

That is – 20 Vowel Sounds

– 24 Consonant Sounds



ARTICULATION



Consonant and Vowel sounds

When there is an obstruction to the passage

of air in the oral cavity it is called as a

Consonant Sound

When there is no obstruction to the passage

of air in the oral cavity (there is only a free

flow )it is called as a vowel sound



Classification of consonants

• 3 questions to be asked

• Where is the obstruction taking place?• How is the obstruction taking place?

• Are the vocal cords vibrating or not?



Classification of consonants

• Where is the obstruction taking place?is called the Place of articulation

• How is the obstruction taking place?is called as the Manner of articulation

• Are the vocal cords vibrating or not?

will determine if the sound is Voiceless or

Voiced (eg. s/z)



Places of articulation

• Bilabial• Labiodental

• Dental

• Alveolar • Post Alveolar

• Palato Alveolar

• Palatal

• Velar

• Glottal



BILABIAL

between the lips

DENTAL

The top of the teeth

ALVEOLAR

the ridge behind the

gums

POST ALVEOLAR

Space behind the ridge

VELAR

The Soft Palate

GLOTTAL

From the Throat

LABIAL

A Single lip

PLACE OF ARTICULATION



Stricture 1: Complete closure and sudden release of air

Stricture 2: Complete closure and slow release of air

Stricture 3: Complete closure and No release – Air

bypasses through the nose

Stricture 4: Incomplete or partial closure with frictionalrelease

Stricture 5: Air escaping from the sides of the tongue

Stricture 6 : Little, insignificant, negligible obstructionStricture 7: Intermittent closure (not present in English)

M ANNER OF ARTICULATION



Complete closure and sudden release of air : Plosive

Eg. p, t, kComplete closure and slow release of air – Affricates

Eg.Ch as in church and /dz/ as in judge

Complete closure and No release – Air bypasses through

the nose – Nasal – Eg. m, n, ngIncomplete or partial closure with frictional release

Fricatives -Hissing and buzzing sounds- s, z, sh, zh, f, h

Air escaping from the sides of the tongue – Lateral /l/ as inlip

Little, insignificant, negligible obstruction – Semivowels

Eg – w, j (ya)

Intermittent closure (not there in English) – Trill

- sound ‘r’ in Indian languages




Complete closure and sudden release of air PLOSIVE – Mouth closed release of air

• AFFRICATES – Mouth closed slow release of air • FRICATIVES – Sounds with Friction

• NASAL – Mouth closed no release of air

• LATERAL – Mouth open air from sides of tongue

• SEMI – VOWELS – Little or no obstacle to air




People, PepsiBoy, BabyTried, TameDiamond, Dollar Cup, Coke a ColaGang, GoodChampion, ChangeJam, JunkFamily, FamousVest, VineThankyou, ThinkThem, ThereSun, ListenZig-Zag, XeroxShock, ShineVision, MeasureHigh, HopeMonkey, MoneyEvening, NiceKing, SingLadder, LondonWine, WestRabbit, Rain Yesterday, Yummy

CONSONANT T ABLE



Tina tried to tame Ted's tiger on Tuesday

I thought a thought but the thought I thought

wasn’t the thought I thought I thought

She sells sea shells on the sea shore

Exercise : Repeat after me



INTRODUCTION TOVOWEL SOUNDS



Vowel Sounds are made up of

1. SHORT VOWELS

2. LONG VOWELS

3. DIPTHONGS




Known as the

Sheep Sound

Known as the

Schwa Sound

1. SHORT VOWELS




2. LONG VOWELS



3. DIPTHONGS




The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain

Why coz the sky is so high and your wife told

me a lie in the month of july

Jones and Gomes wont go slow, though they

know the show wont close so soon.




SYLLABLE STRESS



QUALITIES OF A STRESSED SYLLABLE

1. Higher in Pitch

2. Longer in Length

3. Louder in Volume4. Clearer in Articulation



SYLLABLE STRESS

`La One Syllable

`La Two Syllables

La

`La Two Syllables

La

`La Three Syllables

La

La

`La Three Syllables

La La

`La Three Syllables

La La



WORDS

- eer Enginèer, Pionèer

- ee Nominèe Trainèe (Exceptions are Coffee,Toffee, and employee)

- teen Eigh`teen, Thir`teen

- ation Communi`cation Infor’mation

- bility A`bility, Responsi`bility

- ology Biòlogy, Technòlogy- ete (verbs) Delète, Complète

-ect (verbs), -ify



• - ete (verbs) Delète, Complète

• -ect (verbs)

• - fer (verbs) Re`fer, Pre`fer

• -oon, balloon, buffoon, afternoon,

• -ology, -ography• - ese Chinèse, Japanèse



• Project, - When it is a noun stress falls on

the first syllable. When it is a verb stress

falls on the second syllable.

• Conduct

• Content

• Object

• Produce



Compound nouns vs Adjective

nouns• `Whitehouse, , white `house

• Blueberry, blue berry

• Greenhouse, green house• Blackbird, black birds,



Compound nouns vs compound

verbs• Takeoff noun

• Take off – verb

• Logout – noun, log out – verb

• Checkin – noun, check in – verb

• The takeoff is at 9:00 a.m.• The plane takes off at 9:00 a.m.

A



ABBRIVIATIONS

M.B.À.

F.B.Ì.

B.`T.

C.I.À.



INTONATION



What is INTONATION

The Rise and Fall in pitch is knows as

Intonation

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