Thread: Need help with english phonetics

What is the phonetic symbol for the first segment of the following words?

these
giraffe
jury
quill

in each set, which does not belong and why

[θ t h ʒ]
[j b k v]
[d g s z t]

It is not clear which is the actual question, but I think I think I can give you a hand from what I have studied in phonetics:

1) The symbol for the first segment in "these" is "θ"
2) Giraffe: Simbol is "dʒ"
3) Jury: Same symbol as giraffe
3) Quill: Symbol is "kw"

Hope it helps


Thanks

As regards the category, you need to group them according to the category they belong. (For instance, whether they are plosives, labiodental, bilabial, etc) I don't remember exactly all the categories, but I think "θ" es labiodental, "t" is plosive, etc...

The ones that do not belong are:
1 [θ t h ʒ] because ʒis voiceless.
3 [j b k v] j represents a vowel sound like in "new" /nju:/ or in "year" /jɪe(r)/
[d g s z t] it depends on what features you take into account: either s and t are voiceless (and the rest are voiced), or s z are sibilant and all the others represent plosive phonemes.

Good luck!

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