Second Year LMD ___Phonetics Teacher: Mr. Aounali

1st Homework in Phonetics and Phonology

Exercise 1: Write the phonetic symbols for the vowels in the following words:

I. Friend / / -Bread/ / -Rough / /-Cough/ / -Foot / / -Pull / / -Damn / / -Mat/ / -Again / /

-Offend / / -Percent / / -Many / / -Fully / / -Head / / -Dead / / -Henceforth / /

II. Half / / -Passport / / -Been / / -Team / / -Door / / -Broad / / -Soon / / -Bird / /

III. Tone / / -Boat / / -Say / / -Buy / / -Lie / / -Now / / -Out / / -Boy / / 6-Here / /

-Chair / / Were / / -Square / / -Poor / / -Sure / / -Bough / / -Low / / - They / /

Exercise 2: Write the words for the transcribed utterances in the following instances:

1-/ðæt/ - /haʊˈevə/ - /əˈnʌðə/ -/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ - /wɜ:ld/ - /ðeə/ -/ˈθʌrə/ - /wɪtʃ/ -/ˈeəriə/ - /kɔ:s/ -/ˈʌndə/ - /ʃʊd/ -/ˈnevə/ - /bɪˈtwi:n/ -/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ - /pɔɪnt/ - /hɪə/ - /prəˈvaɪd/ - /lɑ:dʒ/ -/ˈnʌmbə/ /ˈɔ:lweɪz/ -/ˈkwestʃən/ -/ˈpaʊə(r)/ - /tʃeɪndʒ/ -/ˈkʌlə(r)/ -/ˈdjʊərɪŋ/ - /jeə/ - /hu:/ - /ɪˈnʌf/ -/ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ/ -/ˈræðə/ - /wʌns/ - /mʌnθ/ - /vju:/ - /ɪgˈza:mpl/ - /rɪˈzʌlt/ - /mu:v/ -/ˈwɔ:tə/ - /əˈlaʊ/

Exercise 3: Transcribe the words phonetically (Allophonic or Narrow Transcription):

1– Michael – Potato –Direction –Realm –Sword –Hanger – Appeared – Quantity – Able

2–Fallen – Hymn –Pertinent –Hasten –Target –Wingle – Wrestled – Example – Tough

3– Sleep –Diesel –Keeper –Knight –Youngsters – Sky – Couples – Cattles – Slide – Slim

4-Historical –Marble –Measures – Seven –Friction –Cupboard –Britain –Prison –Erosion

Exercise 4: Transcribe the following words phonemically (consider the final “ s ’’):

1- Plays –Flees – Goes –News –Employees –Ours –Others –Stories –Eyes -Thighs –Theses

2-Grabs –Goods –Dogs –Loves –Breathes –Fails –Comes –Earns –Burns –Songs –Paintings

3-Stops –Pets –Maths –Coughs –Tricks –Weeks –Books –Intellects –Hurts –Topics –Attracts

4-Places –Houses –Story’s –Chooses –Sizes –Watches –Wishes –Pages –Measures –Equals

Exercise 5: Transcribe the following words phonemically (consider the final “ed’’):

1-Tried –Skied –Stayed –Lied –Hoed –Died –Buried –Hurried –Obeyed –Slowed down –Carried

2-Hono(u)red –Wailed –Clothed –Moved –Clubbed together –Hugged –Used –Pleased –Resumed

- Banged –Messaged –Learned –Pulled –Bored –Sealed –Banged –Logged –Dared -Fired –I’d

3-Added –Decoded –Guarded –Assisted –Doubted –Wanted –Embedded –Warded –Naked

4-Stopped –Classed –Fixed –Pushed –Stuffed –Looked–Packed –Marched–Preached -Danced

Exercise 6: Split up words into syllables using slashes // (i.e: Geology /ge/ o/lo/gy/)

1-Unwavering –Evil –Privatization –Reanimation –Annoyance – Enter –Even –Apology

2-Creation –Affectation –Differentiate –Exploitation –Accurate –Emphasis –Circular

3-Moisturing –Opinionate –Nation –Caution –Present - Trouble –Brighten –Reason –Manifest

Exercise 7: Convert the phonemic (Broad ~) transcription into English spelling:

1- / ðə kaː siːt ɪz ˈbrəʊkən ɪn ðə ˈgærɑːdʒ ænd ɪt niːdz rɪˈpeə /

2- /aɪv siːn ˈpiːtə ˈwɒndərɪŋ əˈkrɒs ðɪ ˈaʊtbɪldɪŋz əv pəˈliːs ˈsteɪʃņ/

3- /hi: ɪz maɪ ˈbest ˈkɒli:g aɪ kæn rɪˈlaɪ ɒn hɪm weərˈevə aɪ wɒz ˈæbsənt/

4- /ˈhɪʃɑːm laɪks ˈtrævlɪŋ hɪ ˈwent tə ˈlʌndən θriː ˈtaɪmz bɪˈfɔː/

5- / ˈræwɪə ænd səˈheɪlə həʊp tə ˈspend ən ˈɪntrəstɪŋ ˈməʊmənts ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə ˌnjuːˌjɪəzˈdeɪ tuː ˈθaʊzņd ænd θɜːˈtiːn wɪð hɜː ˈfæməli ɔː hɜː ˈkləʊsest ˈfrendz/

Recommendations :  For accurate transcription you should try to pronounce

loudly the utterances then transcribe only the heard phonemes and omit the

silent ones. You can refer to the book of Peter Roach in order to revise the

pure vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs or to listen to the words recited, at

the end read your transcriptions; thus practice as much as possible.

gʊd lʌk ænd hæpi hɒlədeɪz

ɪndʒɔː jɔː taɪm 

N.B: To be rendered back after the holidays on the first week of the New Year 2013.