Chapter 3.
DESCRIPTION
REFLECTIONS ON EACH TOPIC
Imagine the manager of a small restaurant, a man who has always had
trouble with the spelling of unusual words, writing out a sign which he
puts in the front window, advertising that they have a new SEAGH. You In this chapter, we will look at how these symbols are used to represent
see the sign and you decide to ask what kind of new thing this is. When both the consonant and vowel sounds of English words and what
you hear the pronunciation, you recognize the word usually written as
physical aspects of the human vocal tract are involved in the production
chef. How did he arrive at that other spelling? Well, it’s very simple, he
says.
The sounds of spoken English do not match up, a lot of the time, with
letters of written English.
of those sounds.