Light L & Dark L | The lateral approximant | English Pronunciation
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★★ TIME STAMPS ★★
0:00 Introduction: the lateral /l/
2:04 INTRO: Dark & Light /l/
3.37 The light /l/ with examples
5:51 The dark /l/
6:54 Examples for the dark /l/
9:25 Summary & important notes
10:31 Velarization in IPA
12:47 Pronunciation Practice
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In this video we are going to learn all about the light & dark /l/. The sound /l/ is a lateral approximant, also sometimes called a sonorant. It can be divided into light and dark /l/. The dark /l/ is velarized which means the back of our tongue is raised towards the velum. It occurs after a vowel or diphthong in a syllable. The light /l/ is non-velarized, also often called ‘clear’. It typically occurs before a vowel or diphthong in a syllable. It is important to remember that light & dark /l/ are still just one phoneme and cannot make a difference in meaning in a word. That means there are no minimal pairs for light and dark /l/ in English. You will also learn how to show velarization in IPA and at the end there is a pronunciation practice for both: light & dark /l/.
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Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 17 years of teaching experience. She also works as a CELTA teacher trainer, Cambridge examiner and educational advisor. Her videos have been featured in the Google funded AI app ELSA speak.
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Hi Billie,thank you very much for this interisting lesson! It’s very clear!
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Thanks a lot Billie! I couldn't really understand the differences when I was reading my theory but now it is really clear 😊
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Very useful 👍👍
Thank you very much
I found this video quite interesting because the dark l is the one phonemic difference in my German dialect that is still carried over when people speak high German because it is easy to understand even when the light l is replaced by a dark l. Other differences such as /g/ -> /j/ , /eɪ/ -> /ɪ/, /n/ -> /ŋ/ , /a:/ and /ʌ/ to /æ/ , or the addition of sounds like /e/ or /ə/ make it much more difficult to understand for those not familiar with the dialect. Example: wine -> Wein /veɪn/ -> Wing /vi:ŋ/ Edit: Had to edit the above a bit after going through your video on vowel sounds.
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Billie you are really amazing 😍 thanks for informative videos🤗
@BillieEnglish
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊I am happy to hear they are useful!
Really I got a great teacher of Phonetics 😊..
@BillieEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏😊
Hi Billie! I live in the East London. I've noticed that some people pronounce strange a word: "milk".
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Dark /l/ examples goal first different symbol that is what for why we are writing
Thanks Billie. I still have a doubt. Consider the word "colour". The "l" belongs to the first syllable and is dark. It seems to me that we also link the "l" to the second syllable schwa. I feel like I first pronounce the dark L then the light one with the schwa.
@pablohuet3270
Жыл бұрын
it is a light L, not dark.
@janisfok8848
Жыл бұрын
@@pablohuet3270 When I say the word "colour," I feel that it is light. But according to dictionaries (more than one!), the "l" after 'o' belongs to the first syllable. Then by definition, it should be dark. That's where I am confused.
@pablohuet3270
Жыл бұрын
@@janisfok8848 Since it’s between 2 vowels, it’s light. Otherwise it’s hard to pronounce.
Hi! I'm George. My English teacher called this dark l : " metall l". Why?
Billie you're teaching phonetics as if we are in a real class room. Do you follow IPA/ British pronunciation in these videos
@BillieEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊 Indeed, this is my classroom and you are all my students! 💛 I'm using the IPA symbols for British English, the ones most European course books use as well. There are a few symbols that are a little different in IPA, if you search for the chart from Adrian Underhill, that's the one most of us use in Europe (and its for British English).
@be8nice
2 жыл бұрын
I hear a little German accent.
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Why is "Ally" being pronounced different? I know "Ally" as "You are my ally in the battle", this sounds like "Ellie" to me, the character from the game The Last of Us.
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Can you elaborate on what's the tongue position for the light L? Also, can you use the dark L for all Ls?
@thelemondropgirl2140
10 ай бұрын
Probably best to use the Light L if you’re only using one. Some dialects don’t have any dark L
As in pine? As in go 😂😊
[l - ɫ] Prof Daniel Jones, a British phonetician, the father of British English phonetics, once said that these speech sounds were named "clear l" and "dark l" respectively. I live in Indonesia. Most Indonesians here in Jakarta are moslems. To moslems, our first foreign language is not English, but Classical Arabic. It is the original language of The Quran, our Holy Book. We start to learn the phonetics of Classical Arabic when we are seven years old or, in other words, when we enter elementary school. Here, in Indonesia, the two kinds of "l" speech sounds are very famous and they are called "light l" and "thick l" respectively. In Classical Arabic, that "dark l" occurs only in the name of God "Allah" [ˈɑɫːɑːɦ] when it is pronounced in isolation. When that word is preceeded by [a] and [ʊ], as in "innallaaha" (=in fact, God...) and "rosulullaah" (=Mohammed), it is also pronounced with a dark l, thus: [ˈɪnːˈɑɫːɑːɦa] and [rɑsʊˈlʊɫːɑːɦ] respectively. However, when it is preceeded by [ɪ] as in "lillaah" (for God), a clear l should be pronounced: [ˈlɪlːaːɦ].
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@BillieEnglish
13 күн бұрын
It means the vowel sound is long :-)
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