2 Week 3

2.1 Last week’s homework (Correction n°3)

Word	Sounds	Stress	Received Pronunciation	General American
jar		/1/	/dʒɑː/	/dʒɑːr/
cheat		/1/	/tʃiːt/	/tʃiːt/
hive		/1/	/haɪv/	/haɪv/
head		/1/	/hed/	/hed/
swine		/1/	/swaɪn/	/swaɪn/
though		/1/	/ðəʊ/	/ðoʊ/
theme		/1/	/θiːm/	/θiːm/
guard		/1/	/gɑːd/	/gɑːrd/
shred		/1/	/ʃred/	/ʃred/
mouth		/1/	/maʊθ/	/maʊθ/

2.2 Transcription

• What principle underlies the choice of these words?

Word	Sounds	Stress	Received Pronunciation	General American
mat		/1/	/mæt/	/mæt/
pet		/1/	/pet/	/pet/
sit		/1/	/sɪt/	/sɪt/
not		/1/	/nɒt/	/nɑːt/
cut		/1/	/kʌt/	/kʌt/
put		/1/	/pʊt/	/pʊt/

• What about these words?

Word	Sounds	Stress	Received Pronunciation	General American
mate		/1/	/meɪt/	/meɪt/
site		/1/	/saɪt/	/saɪt/
note		/1/	/nəʊt/	/noʊt/
cute		/1/	/kjuːt/	/kjuːt/

2.3 Fundamental chart

	V C-r C/#	V C-r V	V <r> C/#	V <r> V
<a>	mat	mate	mar	mare
<e>	pet	Pete	her	here
<i>	sit	site	fir	fire
<o>	not	note	or	ore
<u>	cut	cute	purr	pure
<u2>	put

• Note that “<>” refers to the orthographic vowel (and spelling in general)

• Can you formulate the rules for each column?

	V C-r C/#	V C-r V	V <r> C/#	V <r> V
<a>	/mæt/	/meɪt/	/mɑː/	/meə/
<e>	/pet/	/piːt/	/hɜː/	/hɪə/
<i>	/sɪt/	/saɪt/	/fɜː/	/’faɪ.ə/
<o>	/nɒt/	/nəʊt/	/ɔː/	/ɔː/
<u>	/kʌt/	/kjuːt/	/pɜː/	/pjʊə/
<u2>	/pʊt/

What vowels are not present in this chart?

• /ə/

• /ɔɪ/

• /aʊ/

2.4 Recap

Sounds to master:

• all consonants

• 3 lax vowels:

  • /æ/
  • /e/
  • /ɪ/

• in long vowels and diphthongs:

  • /aɪ /
  • /aʊ/
  • /əʊ/
  • /iː/
  • /uː/
  • /eɪ /

2.5 Homework

2.5.1 Transcription

• change
• bathe
• jack
• hit
• scythe
• dune
• wreck
• height
• shame
• choke

2.5.2 Learn

• the four header of the chart (V C-r C/## etc.)
• lax vowels (first column + /ə/) vs. tense vowels