Phonology 

Part 1: Key concepts 

Phonology 

Phonology is the study of the sound features used in a language to communicate meaning.

Pronunciation & Meaning 

Phonemes 

• Consonants 
  • Voiced 
  • Unvoiced
• Vowels 
  • Single vowels 
    • short 
    • Long 
  • Diphthongs 

Suprasegmental features 

• Intonation 
• Stress
  • Word stress
  • Sentence stress

Phoneme 

• The smallest sound unit which can make a difference to meaning 
• Phonemes have their own symbols (Phonemic symbols), each of which represents one sound, e.g./p/ in pan, /b/ in ban