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# 1.2. 音素Phonemes

在自然语音中,不可继续分割的组成部分被称为音素phonemes。英语的音素分为元音辅音

In natural speech, indivisible sound segments are referred to as phonemes. English language categorizes these phonemes into two types: vowels and consonants.

英文的音素音标标注其发音。

In English, phonemes are annotated by phonetic symbols to indicate pronunciation.

遗憾的是,英文音标标注方式并不统一。我们在这里采用了 Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary 的音标标注体系。

Unfortunately, there's no universal standard for English phonetic notation. Here, we use the notation system from the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary.

Note

CEPD 的英式英语的音标是 D.J. 音标体系而它的美式英语的音标采用的是国际音标体系IPA其详细说明请参考 CEPD 的官方网址1

The phonetic notation for British English in CEPD uses the D.J. system, while for American English, it adopts the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For a detailed explanation, please refer to the official CEPD website:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.html

1.2.1. 元音Vowels

Vowels Examples
ʌ cup /kʌp/
ɑː father /ˈfɑː·ðɚ/
e head /hed/
æ hat /hæt/
ə above ˈbʌv/
ɚ mother /ˈmʌð·ɚ/
ɝː bird /bɝːd/
ɪ ship ɪp/
iː sheep /ʃiːp/
i happy /ˈhæp·i/
ɔː horse /hɔːrs/
ʊ foot /fʊt/
uː blue /bluː/
u situation /ˌsɪtʃ·uˈeɪ·ʃən/
eɪ day /deɪ/
aɪ eye /aɪ/
ɔɪ boy /bɔɪ/
nose /noʊz/
mouth /maʊθ/
ɪr ear /ɪr/
er hair /her/
ʊr pure /pjʊr/
aɪr fire /faɪr/
aʊr hour /aʊr/

:这个列表中,没有英音 ɒ 的对应音 ɑ,比如,hot /hɑt/。在 CEPD 中,hot 直接被标注为 /hɑːt/,实际上,hot 中的 ɑ 并没有那么长,虽然它比其它短元音相对更长一些。

Note: In this list, the American English counterpart to the British English sound ɒ, as in hot /hɑt/, is not included. In CEPD, hot is directly marked as /hɑːt/. In reality, the ɑ sound in hot is not that long, although it is relatively longer than other short vowels.

1.2.2. 辅音Consonants

Consonants Examples
p pen /pen/
b book /bʊk/
t town /taʊn/
cutting /ˈkʌt̬·ɪŋ/
d day /deɪ/
k cat /kæt/
g give /ɡɪv/
f fish /fɪʃ/
v very /ˈver·i/
s say /seɪ/
z zoo /zuː/
θ think ɪŋk/
ð this ɪs/
ʃ she /ʃiː/
ʒ vision /ˈvɪʒ·ən/
h hand /hænd/
cheese /tʃiːz/
jump /dʒʌmp/
m moon /muːn/
n name /neɪm/
ŋ sing /sɪŋ/
l look /lʊk/
r run /rʌn/
w we /wiː/
j yes /jes/

:这个列表中,tsdz 并未包括其中 —— 比如,treats /triːts/, friends /frendz/

Note: This list does not include ts and dz — for instance, as in treats /tri:ts/ and friends /frendz/.

1.2.3. 外来音素Foreign Phonemes

Phonemes Examples
ɒ̃ croissant
x loch

1.2.4. 其它符号Other symbols

Symbols Functions Examples
ˈ primary stress vision /ˈvɪʒ·ən/
ˌ secondary stress controversial /ˌkɑːn·trəˈː·ʃəl/
· syllable division2 father /ˈfɑː·ðɚ/

  1. A Github repo offers a JSON format database of CEPD. ↩︎

  2. For better html rendering, a middle dot is used, rather than the lower dot used by CEPD official documents. ↩︎