Phoneme /ˈfoʊ.niːm/

It is one of the smallest units of speech that make one word different from another word.

Phonemics /foʊˈniːm.ɪks/

It is a study of the phonemes of a language.

Accent /ˈæk.sənt/

It’s the way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words.

Pronunciation /prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

It is the way in which a word or letter is said, or said correctly, or the way in which a language is spoken.

Phonetics /foʊˈnet̬.ɪks/

It’s the study of the sounds made by the human voice in speech.

Dialects /ˈdaɪ.ə.lekt/

It is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular part of a country or by a particular group of people and that contains some words, grammar, or pronunciations (= the ways in which words are said) that are different from the forms used in other parts or by other groups.

Articulator /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪtər/

It is an organ in the mouth used for making speech sounds, such as the tongue, lips or teeth.

Vowels /vaʊəl/

A short vowel is a short sound as in the word "shoe".

Consonants /ˈkɑːn.sə.nənt/

Except for the vowels in English – a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y – all the letters are consonants.

Intonation /ˌɪn.təˈneɪ.ʃən/

Intonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech.

Syllable /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/

There are three syllables in the word silver and two in appetite.

Stress /stres/

The meaning of a sentence often depends on stress and intonation.

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

It is a system of symbols for showing how words are pronounced.

World Englishes

It refers to the English language as it is variously used throughout the world. They were developed in territories influenced by the United Kingdom or the United States.

Received Pronunciation (RP)

It is the standard way in which middle-class speakers of southern British English pronounce words.