Phonetics Practice Exercises I Linguistics 201 - Yola

1 Phonetics Practice Exercises I. Linguistics 201. I. Write each of the following words in phonetic transcription . 1. heat 6. shrink 2. stroke 7. toque 3. phase 8. attentive 4. chump 9. flop 5. loonie 10. wrath II. The following is a phonetic transcription of an excerpt of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", from Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass. Each line of the poem contains one word that is transcribed incorrectly, at the phonemic or "broad" level of transcription . Task #1: Identify the word that has been transcribed incorrectly, and then write the correct form of the transcription . Task #2: Write each line in normal English orthography.

2 1: [ tajm h z c m]. 2: [ w lr s sed]. 3: [tu t lk v m ni z]. 4: [ v uz nd ps]. 5: [ nd sil w x]. 6: [ v k b g z nd k z]. 7: [ nd w j si s bojl h t]. 8: [ nd w r p gz h v w z]. Phonetics Practice Exercises I (Answers). Linguistics 201. I. Write each of the following words in phonetic transcription . 1. heat [hit] 6. shrink [ r k]. 2. stroke [strowk] 7. toque [tuk]. 3. phase [fejz] 8. attentive [ t nt v]. 4. chump [t mp] 9. flop [fl p]. 5. loonie [luni] 10. wrath [r ]. II. The following is a phonetic transcription of an excerpt of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", from Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass.

3 Each line of the poem contains one word that is transcribed incorrectly, at the phonemic or "broad". level of transcription . Task #1: Identify the word that has been transcribed incorrectly, and then write the correct form of the transcription . Task #2: Write each line in normal English orthography. 1: [ tajm h z c m] Correction: [c m] [k m]. Orthography: the time has come 2: [ w lr s sed] Correction: [sed] [s d]. Orthography: the walrus said 3: [tu t lk v m ni z] Correction: [t lk] [t k]. Orthography: to talk of many things 4: [ v uz nd ps] Correction: [ nd] [ nd]. Orthography: of shoes and ships 5: [ nd sil w x] Correction: [w x] [w ks].

4 Orthography: and sealing wax 6: [ v k b g z nd k z] Correction: [k b g z] [k b d z]. Orthography: of cabbages and kings 7: [ nd w j si s bojl h t] Correction: [ s] [ z]. Orthography: and why the sea is boiling hot 8: [ nd w r p gz h v w z] Correction: [w r] [w r]. Orthography: and whether pigs have wings Phonetics Practice exercise #2. Linguistics 201. I. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions, then give an English word that contains that sound. 0. Example: voiced alveolar stop [d] dough . 1. voiceless bilabial stop 2. low front vowel 3. voiced lateral liquid 4. voiced velar nasal 5.

5 Voiced interdental fricative 6. voiceless post-alveolar affricate 7. voiced palatal glide 8. mid lax front vowel 9. high back tense vowel 10. voiceless labio-dental fricative II. For each of the following consonants, state whether it is voiced or voiceless, its place of articulation, and its manner of articulation. 1. [m] 4. [h]. 2. [r] 5. [s]. 3. [ ]. III. List the phonetic properties of each of the following vowels (height, front/backness, rounded/unrounded, and tense/lax). 1. [o] 4. [ ]. 2. [ ] 5. [ ]. 3. [ ]. Phonetics Practice exercise #2 (Answers). Linguistics 201. I. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions, then give an English word that contains that sound.

6 0. Example: voiced alveolar stop [d] dough . bilabial stop [p] "peacock". front vowel [ ] "cat". lateral liquid [l] "lion". 4. voiced velar nasal [ ] "orangutan". interdental fricative [ ] "feather". post-alveolar affricate [ ] "shark". palatal glide [j] "yak". lax front vowel [ ] "elephant". back tense vowel [u] "goose". labio-dental fricative [f] "pheasant". II. For each of the following consonants, state whether it is voiced or voiceless, its place of articulation, and its manner of articulation. 1.[m] voiced bilabial nasal 2. [r] voiced post-alveolar retroflex liquid 3.[ ] voiceless post-alveolar fricative 4.

7 [h] voiceless glottal fricative 5. [s] voiceless alveolar fricative III. List the phonetic properties of each of the following vowels (height, front/backness, rounded/unrounded, and tense/lax). 1.[o] mid back rounded tense 2. [ ] high front unrounded lax 3. [ ] high back rounded lax 4. [ ] low back unrounded tense 5. [ ] mid back unrounded lax Linguistics 201. Phonetics Practice exercise : Stress + transcription A. For the following place names, mark [ ] over the vowel in any stressed syllables, and then give a phonetic transcription for each item. Example: Halifax [h l f ks]. 1. Ontario 2. Saskatchewan 3. Medicine Hat 4.

8 Drumheller 5. Regina 6. Alberta 7. Quebec 8. Whitehorse 9. Dawson Creek 10. Uranium City B. Now try the same for the following animal names, and also circle any stop consonants. 1. elephant 2. hyena 3. monkey 4. giraffe 5. gorilla 6. wombat 7. kangaroo 8. zebra 9. gopher 10. vampire bat C. Finally, provide phonetic transcriptions, with stress, for the following astronomical terms. Also, circle any alveolar consonants. 1. astronomy 2. galaxy 3. equinox 4. autumnal 5. solstice 6. telescope 7. satellite 8. radar 9. spaceship 10. vernal Linguistics 201. Phonetics Practice exercise : Stress + transcription A. For the following place names, mark [ ] over the vowel in any stressed syllables, and then give a phonetic transcription for each item.

9 Example: Halifax [h l f ks]. 1. Ontario [ nt riow] 2. Saskatchewan [s sk t w n]. 3. Medicine Hat [m d s n h t] 4. Drumheller [dr mh lr ]. 5. Regina [r d a jn ] 6. Alberta [ lbr t ]. 7. Quebec [k b k] 8. Whitehorse [w jth rs]. 9. Dawson Creek [d s n krik] 10. Uranium City [j re jni m s ti]. B. Now try the same for the following animal names, and also circle any stop consonants. 1. elephant [ l f nt] 2. hyena [haji n ]. 3. monkey [m ki] 4. giraffe [d r f]. 5. gorilla [g r l ] 6. wombat [w mb t]. 7. kangaroo [k g ru ] 8. zebra [zi br ]. 9. gopher [go wfr ] 10. vampire bat [v mpajr b t]. C. Finally, provide phonetic transcriptions, with stress, for the following astronomical terms.

10 Also, circle any alveolar consonants. 1. astronomy [ str n mi] 2. galaxy [g l ksi]. 3. equinox [i kw n ks] 4. autumnal [ t mnl ]. 5. solstice [so wlst s] 6. telescope [t l skowp]. 7. satellite [s t l jt] 8. radar [re jd r]. 9. spaceship [spe js p] 10. vernal [vr nl ].