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Topics Discussed 1. Phonetics, Phonology Definitions and Major Concepts 2. Organs of Speech 3. Consonants 4. Vowels 5. Basic Principles of Phonology 6. Stress/Accent 7. Intonation 8.Tonality 9. Juncture 10. Rhythm 11. Air Stream Mechanism 12. Many more. View/Download  Phonetics and Phonology - Class Notes .pdf file.

--> The 3 term description of English consonants (This note is on UK Phonetic system; do not confuse with the US version) [f] – voiceless labio-dental fricative [v] – voiced labio-dental fricative [T] (th) – voiceless dental fricative [D] (dh) – voiced dental fricative [s] – voiceless alveolar fricative [z] – voiced alveolar fricative [sh] – voiceless palato-alveolar fricative [zha] – voiced palato-alveolar fricative [x] – voiceless velar fricative [h] – voiceless glottal fricative [j] – voiced palatel approximant [r] – voiceless alveolar approximant also voiceless post-alveolar approximant (as in the case of 'red') r's pronunciation varies hence its description too. It can also be a fricative as in the case of 'pray'. [w] – voiced labio-velar approximant [m] – voiced bilabial nasal [b] – voiced bilabial plosive [ch] ...