Phonology - Unit 3

In this chapter, I will remind what phonology is, and some concepts related. Phonology is the branch which studies the different features which sounds have. Into this features we find phonemes, allophones, intonation and stress.

Phonemes are all sounds used in speech. Currently, there are an universal chart which includes almost all sounds that some languages have. This chart is divided in consonants (voiced and voiceless) e.g. /d/ ia voiced sound and /p/ is a voiceless one, vowels and dipthongs. At the same time, allophones are variants that a phoneme can has in a certain language.

The importance of stress is that it can influence hoe sentences or set of words are pronounced. This feature can display a different meaning depending where it is placed in a word. Intonation, this important feature helps people to convey meaning through tje variation on the level of their voice.

In conclusion, learn and teach another language can be hard, but not imposible.
Practice phonemes can make our learning process easier.