Phonetics and Phonology

Consider how the sounds represented by the bold letters are produced in the following words. Which features distinguish the sounds from each other?



1. drum - drug (:vips 7264:)

2. hip - hill (:vips 7265:)

3. leave - lead (:vips 7266:)

4. ring - thing (:vips 7267:)

5. cab - cap (:vips 7268:)

6. beach - red (:vips 7269:)

7.gin - thin (:vips 7270:)

8.think - thing (:vips 7271:)

9.tear - dear (:vips 7272:)

10.bear - tear (:vips 7273:)

11.froth - there (:vips 7274:)

12.sock - mine (:vips 7275:)

13.shine - feel (:vips 7276:)