santimarti
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Hi
I´m Spanish and I´m trying to learn some English.
My doubt is about phonetics, I´ve found some interesting rules on a book but I don´t understand the meaning of the symbols.
The books says:
1.- After /s/, /z/, /č/, /š/, /ž/ and /j/ (also with the inverted hat on the j), the suffix is pronounced as /ǝz/. Examples:
Judges, Rose´s, rushes
2.- After all other voiced sounds, the suffix is pronounced as /z/. Examples:
Dogs, toys, John´s, Jay´s, runs, cries
3.- After all other voiceless sounds, the suffix is pronounced as /s/. Examples:
cats, Mark´s, walks
My problem is that I don´t know which sounds represent the symbols on the first rule. I know the phonetic alphabet, and I know what is a voiced and voiceless sound but the symbols I know to express that are the ones that you can find on the sticky thread on the "pronunciation and phonetics" section of the forum.
I think that the rule I found in that book is interesting, and I´d like to ask in this forum if anybody knows the meaning these symbols.
Thank you very much!
I´m Spanish and I´m trying to learn some English.
My doubt is about phonetics, I´ve found some interesting rules on a book but I don´t understand the meaning of the symbols.
The books says:
1.- After /s/, /z/, /č/, /š/, /ž/ and /j/ (also with the inverted hat on the j), the suffix is pronounced as /ǝz/. Examples:
Judges, Rose´s, rushes
2.- After all other voiced sounds, the suffix is pronounced as /z/. Examples:
Dogs, toys, John´s, Jay´s, runs, cries
3.- After all other voiceless sounds, the suffix is pronounced as /s/. Examples:
cats, Mark´s, walks
My problem is that I don´t know which sounds represent the symbols on the first rule. I know the phonetic alphabet, and I know what is a voiced and voiceless sound but the symbols I know to express that are the ones that you can find on the sticky thread on the "pronunciation and phonetics" section of the forum.
I think that the rule I found in that book is interesting, and I´d like to ask in this forum if anybody knows the meaning these symbols.
Thank you very much!