ARTICULATION TESTING METHODS 



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TABLE I 

 Speech Sounds for New Standard Testing Lists * 



Note: Final r and ng are used in the list only when they occur in combination 

 with the following vowels: 



a'r (as in carry, paragraph) 



ar (as in are, far, tar) 



er (as in bury, ferry, verify) 



ir (as in spirit) 



or (as in her, utter, fir) 



o'r (as in for, lore) 



ur (as in your, sure) 



a'ng (as in bang, sang) 



eng (as in geng, e as in ten) 



ing (as in sing, wring) 



ong (as in sung, hung) 



ung (as in gung, u as in took) 



o'ng (as in long, wrong) 



* The symbols for the sounds are those of the International Phonetic Association's 

 alphabet. See Pronunciation of Standard English in America, Krapp, Oxford 

 University Press, 1919. See also Revised Scientific Alphabet, Funk and Wagnall's 

 Dictionary. 



The testing syllables are formed in the following way. Cards 

 upon which the initial consonants are written are placed in one box; 

 others upon which the vowel sounds are written are placed in a second 

 box; and those upon which the final consonant sounds are written are 

 placed in a third box. A card from each box is drawn at random, 

 thus forming the con-vow-con syllable. By drawing all of the sounds, 

 a list of 22 syllables is formed. This process is repeated three times to 

 obtain a list of 66 syllables which is a unit that has been found con- 

 venient to use. A list of syllables of about this length can be used 

 without giving callers and observers a rest period. In such a list 

 each initial consonant occurs three times, each vowel six times, and 

 each final consonant three times. 



