NUKUS STATE PEDAGOGICAL

INSTITUTE named after AJINIYAZ

FACULTY of PHILOLOGY
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

DONE BY:Telmanova I

 Definition

of the
phoneme and its
functions
The system of English
phonemes
Types of allophones and
main features of the
phoneme

Key-words:
phoneme,
morphemes
,constitutive function,
recognitive function,
distinctive function.,
allophone, consonants,
vowels.

 1.

constitutive function
2. recognitive function
3. distinctive function

bath-path, light-like.

He was heard badly - He

was hurt badly.

as
independent
sound [t] [d],
e.g. bride
[braid] bright
[brait]

as a variant of
a sound, e.g.
Let us Let
them

The allophones which do not

undergo
any
distinguishable
changes in speech are called
principal. door dawn.

Allophones that occur under

influence of the neighboring
sounds in different phonetic
situations are called subsidiary

 deal day
did

[d] is slightly
palatalized

bedtime
bad pain good
dog

[d] is pronounced
without
any
plosion

sudden
admit couldnt

[d] is pronounced
with
nasal
plosion

The system of English

phonemes
are called consonants and
vowels.

Consonants are
pronounced with
noise and voice
combined,
In the case of
consonants
different
obstructions are
made.

Vowels are
pronounced with
voice only.
In the case of
vowels no
obstruction is
made.