Some Aspects of Spelling and Sound Inconsistencies in English

Abstract

I. Abstract.

Unlike English, many other languages have a very high correspondence between sound and spelling. So, learners of English as a second language may need to have their attention drawn to the different possibilities for pronunciation in English. This paper is intended to show how English language lacks a one-to-one correspondence among letters and sounds. English has twenty vowels and twenty four consonants, and hence , forty four phonemes in total. Besides, the English orthography includes just twenty six letters, which may be employed in symbolizing the forty four phonemes. Each English phoneme contains board methods of symbolization. Although some English words are inscribed by steady and regular spelling, there remains a substantial deposit of words that have irregular spelling.