Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Phoneticians—linguists who specialize in phonetics—study the physical properties of speech.
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#1. Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'
#2. Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'
#3. Choose the best description for the vowel sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'
A high front LAX vowel is what you hear in words like “it” or “pit”
#4. Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth."
#5. Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'gnat.'
The modern spelling is archaic, and only the second written letter corresponds to the spoken sound.
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