Phonetic Terms

Phonetic Terms

1. Phone

   • Basisc Unit of speech
   • Phonemic Representation
   • Actual Sound Themselves
   • Using Brackets
   • Called Narrow Transcription
   • Sounds are typically placed inside brackest
   • Refer to p sound

2. Phoneme

   • Mental Representation
   • Using Slashes
   • Called Broad Transcription
   • Smallest Unit of Sound
   • Sounds are typically placed between two slash marks
   • Never Pronounced

3. Allophone

   • Phonetic variation
   • Predictable
   • Proximity to other Phonemes
   • Variety of a Phoneme
   • Refer to them as allophones of that phoneme
   • Pronounced
   • Set of Phones