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OVERVIEW

• Underpinning knowledge
• Preparatory work

WHAT IS AN ALLOPHONE?

ALLOPHONIC VARIATION IN VOWELS

• Schwa Lowering
• Shortening
• Nasalization

ALLOPHONIC VARIATION IN CONSONANTS

• Aspiration
  • Aspiration of plosives

• De-voicing
  • De-voicing of plosives
  • De-voicing of fricatives
  • De-voicing of affricates
  • De-voicing of approximants
• Velarization
• Dentalization
  • Dentalization of plosives
  • Dentalization of nasals
  • Dentalization of approximants
• Labialization
• Velar Shifting
• Retraction
• Glottalization

SUMMARY OF ENGLISH ALLOPHONES

START>> What is an Allophone?