1 Week 2
1.1 Last week’s homework
- Go online and find the official IPA chart
- Find the “SUPRASEGMENTALS” section
- Read the word between ‘primary stress’ and ‘secondary stress’
- How many syllables and stresses does this word have?
- In the “Consonants (pulmonic)” chart, in what row and column are /θ/ and /ð/?
- What about /h/?
To remember:
Two manners of articulation:
- “plosives”
- “fricatives”
1.2 Transcription n°1
Write down the following words, and transcribe them into the IPA:
| Word | Sounds | Stress | Received Pronunciation | General American |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| faith | /1/ | /feɪθ/ | /feɪθ/ | |
| doubt | /1/ | /daʊt/ | /daʊt/ | |
| shoot | /1/ | /ʃuːt/ | /ʃuːt/ | |
| right | /1/ | /raɪt/ | /raɪt/ | |
| age | /1/ | /eɪdʒ/ | /eɪdʒ/ | |
| thing | /1/ | /θɪŋ/ | /θɪŋ/ | |
| face | /1/ | /feɪs/ | /feɪs/ | |
| now | /1/ | /naʊ/ | /naʊ/ | |
| wing | /1/ | /wɪŋ/ | /wɪŋ/ | |
| shy | /1/ | /ʃaɪ/ | /ʃaɪ/ |
| Word | Sounds | Stress | Received Pronunciation | General American |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| straight | /1/ | /streɪt/ | /streɪt/ | |
| crowd | /1/ | /kraʊd/ | /kraʊd/ | |
| thick | /1/ | /θɪk/ | /θɪk/ | |
| shrine | /1/ | /ʃraɪn/ | /ʃraɪn/ | |
| grape | /1/ | /greɪp/ | /greɪp/ | |
| child | /1/ | /tʃaɪəld/ | /tʃaɪld/ | |
| proud | /1/ | /praʊd/ | /praʊd/ | |
| hate | /1/ | /heɪt/ | /heɪt/ | |
| spring | /1/ | /sprɪŋ/ | /sprɪŋ/ | |
| jive | /1/ | /dʒaɪv/ | /dʒaɪv/ |
1.3 Transcription n°2
1.4 What we know so far
- The transcription of ALL consonants
- The following vowels:
- /ɪ/
- /eɪ/
- /aɪ/
- /aʊ/
Let’s add:
- /əʊ/ as in “road” (/rəʊd/) or “go” (/gəʊ/)
- /iː/ as in “piece” (/piːs/) or “lead” (/liːd/)
- /e/ as in “bed” (/bed/) or “said” (/sed/)
- /ɑː/ as in “car” (/kɑː/) or “bath” (/bɑːθ/)
BEWARE!! - /ɑː/ (long vowel) - /a/ is only found in diphthongs /aɪ / and /aʊ/
1.5 Homework
Give the phonetic transcription of the following words:
- jar
- cheat
- hive
- head
- swine
- though
- theme
- guard
- shred
- mouth