Phonologist

a sound made by stopping air as it passes through your throat. In some varieties of spoken English a glottal stop is often used instead of a ‘t’ sound in the middle or at the end of a word.

the study of the phonemes of a language

a sound pronounced with the lips and upper back part of your mouth, for example ‘w’

a vowel sound made with your tongue near the top of your mouth

Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages.

a sound that you make by quickly stopping your breath leaving your mouth and then suddenly letting it go again. The sounds ‘k’, ‘p’, and ‘t’ are plosives.

the strongest emphasis in a word of two or more syllables when it is spoken. For example, when you say the word ‘fantastic’ the primary stress is on the middle syllable ‘tas’. Primary stress is marked in this dictionary.

linguistics a letter that is mute is not pronounced

to pronounce a vowel or consonant without passing air over your vocal cords

a vowel sound used in unstressed syllables, for example the sound of ‘a’ in ‘above’. Its symbol is ə.

voiced sounds are produced by passing air over your vocal cords

an unstressed word or syllable (=part of a word) is pronounced more quietly or with less force than other words or syllables

the pattern of speech sounds used in a particular language

a written letter, group of letters, number, or symbol that represents a single sound in speech

linguistics to breathe out air while pronouncing a sound, for example the ‘h’ in ‘hat’

british the second strongest emphasis on a part of a word or sentence

linguistics a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth

a sound pronounced with the top teeth touching the bottom lip, for example ‘f’ and ‘v’

relating to vowels, or consisting of a vowel

the study of the sounds used in speech