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Transcription exercises. & @ 3: O; V @U S Z D T N w N Ù Í. Phonemic alphabet in English Only 44 phonemes?. pronunciation phonetic transcription phonemic symbols phonemes vowels consonants letters pronounce International Phonemic Alphabet. / vaUlz/ /"let@z/
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pronunciation phonetic transcription phonemic symbols phonemes vowels consonants letters pronounce International Phonemic Alphabet / vaUlz/ /"let@z/ / !Int@"n&S@n@l f@U"ni;mIk "&lf@bet/ /"kQnts@n@nts/ /pr@"naUnts/ /f@U"ni;mIk "sImb@lz/ /"f@Uni;mz/ /f@U"netIk tr&n"skrIpS@n/ /pr@%nVntsi"eISn/ Matching exercise 1:Match pronunciation terms with their transcription.
pronunciation phonetic transcription phonemic symbols phonemes vowels consonants letters pronounce International Phonemic Alphabet /pr@%nVntsi"eISn/ /f@U"netIk tr&n"skrIpS@n/ /f@U"ni;mIk "sImb@lz/ /"f@Uni;mz/ /"vaUlz/ /"kQnts@n@nts/ /"let@z/ /pr@"naUnts/ / !Int@"n&S@n@l f@U"ni;mIk "&lf@bet/ Matching exercise 1:Pronunciation terminology & its transcription KEY
slanting brackets square ones aspiration diacritics Roman alphabet animation British English American English features sound sequences minimal pairs vocal cords /"slA;ntIN/ /"skwe@/ /!v@Uk@l"kO;dz/ /!&sp@"reIS@n/ /"&lf@bet/ /wVnz/ /"si;kw@ntsIz/ /@!merIk@n/ /saUnd/ /!&nI"meIS@n/ /!brItIS/ /!r@Um@n/ /"INglIS/ /!daI@"krItIks/ /"br&kIts/ /"fi;Í@z/ /!mInIm@l"pe@/ Matching exercise 2:Match pronunciation terms with their transcriptions
slanting brackets square ones aspiration diacritics Roman alphabet animation British English American English features sound sequences /"slA;ntIN "br&kIts/ /"skwe@ wVnz/ /!&sp@"reIS@n/ /!daI@"krItIks/ /"r@Um@n"&lf@bet/ /!&nI"meIS@n/ /!brItIS "INglIS/ /@ !merIk@n"INglIS/ /"fi;Í@z/ /"saUnd"si;kw@ntsIz/ Matching exercise 2:Pronunciation terminology & its transcriptionKEY
/pr@%nVntsi"eISn/ /f@U"netIk tr&n"skrIpS@n/ /f@U"ni;mIk "sImb@lz/ /"f@Uni;mz/ /"vaUlz/ /"kQnts@n@nts/ /"let@z/ /pr@"naUnts/ / !Int@"n&S@n@l f@U"ni;mIk "&lf@bet/ /"slA;ntIN "br&kIts/ /"skwe@ wVnz/ /!&sp@"reIS@n/ /!daI@"krItIks/ /"r@Um@n"&lf@bet/ /!&nI"meIS@n/ /!brItIS "INglIS/ /@ !merIk@n"INglIS/ /"fi;Í@z/ /"saUnd"si;kw@ntsIz/ Reading aloud 1From transcription to pronunciationCan you read these words?
slanting brackets square ones aspiration diacritics Roman alphabet animation British English American English features sound sequences pronunciation phonetic transcription phonemic symbols phonemes vowels consonants letters pronounce International Phonemic Alphabet Reading aloud 2From spelling to pronunciationCan you read these words?
/pr@%nVntsi"eISn/ /f@U"netIk tr&n"skrIpS@n/ /f@U"ni;mIk "sImb@lz/ /"f@Uni;mz/ /"vaUlz/ /"kQnts@n@nts/ /"let@z/ /pr@"naUnts/ / !Int@"n&S@n@l f@U"ni;mIk "&lf@bet/ /"slA;ntIN "br&kIts/ /"skwe@ wVnz/ /!&sp@"reIS@n/ /!daI@"krItIks/ /"r@Um@n"&lf@bet/ /!&nI"meIS@n/ /!brItIS "INglIS/ /@ !merIk@n"INglIS/ /"fi;Í@z/ /"saUnd"si;kw@ntsIz/ Writing 1From transcription to spelling.Can you write these words?
The schwa /@/Circle all the syllables containig the schwa and then try to sing the song. • Glen Hansard - Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy LyricsONCETen years agoI fell in love with an Irish girlShe took my heartBut she went and screwed some guy she knewand now I'm in Dublin with a broken heartOh broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker guyOh broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker, sucker guyOne day I'll go there and win her once againbut until then I'm just a sucker of a guy(http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/once/brokenheartedhooverfixersuckerguy.htm)
Here are all the schwas /@/in Hansard’s Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Ten years agoI fell in love with an Irish girlShe took my heartBut she went and screwed some guy she knewand now I'm in Dublin with a broken heartOh broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker guyOh broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker, sucker guyOne day I'll go there and win her once againbut until then I'm just a suckerof a guy There is no schwa in THERE and AGO,GO as /@/ is part of two different diphthongs /e@/ and /@U/. In DUBLIN it is a minority pronunciation: /"dVbl@n/. There is /e/ in THEN. (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/once/brokenheartedhooverfixersuckerguy.htm)
Practice makes perfect.It’s not a piece of cake, is it? Now you deserve one. Or a cup of tea or coffee?
Frequently asked questions • Why is there /@/and/@/in the word / !Int@"n&S@n@l/ ? • How do I know when to use a dotted /i/ or undotted /I/? • Why are some words (e.g./wVnz/)without stress marks? • Why is the grammatical ending transcribed sometimes as /s/,/z/, or /Iz/ in /"br&kIts/, /"fi;Í@z/, and/"si;kw@ntsIz/? • Why are stresses in /@ !merIk@n"INglIS/ like this when the dictionary tells us it should be /@"merIk@n//"INglIS/? 6. Why do they say /pr@"naUnts/and not/pr@"naUns/?
1. Why is there /@/and/@/in the word / !Int@"n&S@n@l/ ? • Because the second and the third schwa in the word / !Int@"n&S@n@l/may be pronounced, or may be ommited. • It is called a superscript schwa and it is a non-phonemic symbol.
2. How do I know when to use a dotted /i/ or undotted/I/?Can you spot any regularities stemming from these examples?
/i/ or /i;/ or /I/ ? /i/is used at the end of words when it is not part of the diphthong (e.g. /leIdi/) and in plural endings (e.g. /leIdiz/). /i;/ occurs at the beginning and in the middle of a word to mark the long vowel. It never occurs at the end of a word(e.g. / !i;k@"nOmIk/, /ri;d/). /I/ can be found only at the beginning or in the middle of a word. It also occurs at the end of a word when it is part of a diphthong(e.g. / !I"regj@l@, /bIt/, /bOI/). /i/can sometimes be in the middle of the word when it is in front of a stressed suffix, for example, /pr@%nVntsi"eISn/, or in front of a vowel which is part of a suffix /"ve@ri@s/ or grammatical ending /"h&pi@/.
3. Why are some words (e.g./wVnz/) without stress marks? • Because no one-syllable words are marked with stress marks in dictionaries.
4. Why is the grammatical ending –s transcribed sometimes as /s/,/z/, or /Iz/?
/s/,/z/, or /Iz/?Unvoiced, voiced or sibilant? What matters is what type of a consonant comes before the grammatical ending in pronunciation of a word. • When there is an unvoiced consonant, the grammatical ending –s is pronounced as /s/, e. g./k&ps/. • When there is a voiced consonant or any vowel, the grammatical ending –s is pronounced as /z/, e. g./"fi;Í@z/, /wVnz/. • When there is a sibilant consonant /s,z, S, Z,Í,Ù, the grammatical ending –s is pronounced as /Iz/, e. g./"bVsIz/, /"m&ÍIz/
5. Why does primary stress become secondary when two words meet? • The primary stressbecomes secondary in /@ !merIk@n"INglIS/because when two words meet in speech, they influence each other in many different ways in English even if the dictionary tells us it should be/@"merIk@n/ and /"INglIS/. • Have you spotted any other cases like thisin the exercises above? But it can be also the other way round: /"fIfti;n !egz/ but /fIf"ti;n//egz/.
6. Why do they say /pr@"naUnts/and not/pr@"naUns/? Because this is the trend in current development of RP. Have a look at words such as pronunciation, occurrence, difference, fence, or answer in the 3rd edition of LPD.