Section outline

  • This demo-unit is part of all courses dealing with Present.Day English phonlgy. It discusses the segmental phonological inventory of English on the basis of its two major varieties, British and American English. Each phoneme of English is presented with its individual allophonic structure.

    "The Sound System of PDE" is used in VLC courses on phonology, such as VLC105 or VLC109 where audio-based mastery tests are included, i.e. tests where students have to identify and/or transcribe spoken audio input.