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    EN 316
    1. Write the phonetic symbol for the first sound in each of the following words according to
    the way you pronounce it.
    a. [ga]
    b. [ta]
    c. [ð]
    d. [ē]
    e. [n]
    f. [θ]
    g. [k]
    h. [fə̃ ]
    i. [s]
    j. [u]

    2. Write the phonetic symbol for the last sound in each of the following words.
    a. [s]
    b. [ae]
    c. [g]
    d. [θ]
    e. [ch]
    f. [u]
    g. [f]
    h. [t]
    i. [x]

    3. Write the following words in phonetic transcription, according to your pronunciation.


    Examples: knot [nat]; delightful [dilaɪtfǝl] or [dǝlaɪtfǝl]. Some of you may pronounce
    some of these words the same. (pg 187)
    a. Physics - fⅠzⅠks
    b. Merry - mɛri
    c. Marry - mæri
    d. Mary - meəri
    e. Yellow - jɛləʊ
    f. Sticky - stⅠki
    g. Transcription - trænskrɪpʃᵊn
    h. Fromkin - fromkin
    i. Tease - tiz
    j. Weather - wεðə
    k. Coat - kəʊt
    l. Rodman - rodman
    m. Heath - hiːθ
    n. “your name” - ∫ɛlbi:
    o. Touch - tʌʧ
    p. Cough - kɒf
    q. Larynx - lærɪŋks
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    r. Through - θruː
    s. Beautiful - bjuːtɪfᵊl
    t. Honest - ɒnɪst
    u. President - prɛzɪdᵊnt

    4. Following is a narrow phonetic transcription of a verse in the poem “The Walrus and the
    Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll. There is one major error in each line that is a mispronunciation or
    incorrect phonetic symbol. Write the word in which the error occurs in the correct phonetic
    transcription.
    a. kʌ̃ m
    b. sɛd
    c. tʰɔk
    d. ænd
    e. wӕks
    f. kʰӕbəgⅠz
    g. ɪz
    h. wԑðər

    5. The following are all English words written in a broad phonetic transcription (omitting
    details such as nasalization and aspiration). Write the words using ordinary spelling.
    a. Heat
    b. Stroke
    c. Phase
    d. Tone
    e. Boney
    f. Stream
    g. Fruit
    h. Pitcher
    i. Crack
    j. Backs
    k. Thanks
    l. Wednesday
    m. Cried
    n. Conscientious
    o. Parliamentarian
    p. Quebec
    q. Pizza
    r. Barack Obama
    s. Mitt Romney
    t. 2012
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    6. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
    descriptions, then give an English word that contains this sound.
    a. [p] pair
    b. [a] bat
    c. [l] liquid
    d. [ŋ] sing
    e. [ð] this
    f. [ʧ] change
    g. [w] wish
    h. [ɛ] wet
    i. [u] boot
    j. [t] tip

    7. In each of the following pairs of words, the boldfaced sounds differ by one or more phonetic
    properties (features). Give the IPA symbol for each of the boldfaced sounds, state their
    differences and, in addition, state what properties they have in common.
    a. [θ]-[ð]
    b. [s]-[k]
    c. [u]-[oυ]
    d. [f]-[v]
    e. [s]-[z]
    f. [m]-[n]

    8. Write a phonetic transcription for each of the words in the following sets. Note that the words
    in each set are written with the same vowel.
    a) Swæm
    Swan
    ea) Hir
    Hart
    Hɜrd
    o) boʊn
    dʌn
    ɡɔn
    wʌn
    boʊθ
    bɑðər
    brʌðər
    ou) ʃaʊt
    ʃʊd
    ʃoʊldər
    trʌbəl
    ju
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    9. For each group of sounds listed, state the phonetic feature(s) they all share
    a. plosive consonants
    b. rounded vowels
    c. front vowels
    d. fricative consonants
    e. voiced sounds
    f. consonants

    10. Write the following broad phonetic transcriptions in regular English spelling.
    a. Noam Chomsky is a linguist who teaches at M I T
    b. phonetics is the study of speech sounds
    c. all spoken languages use sounds produced by the upper respiratory system
    d. In one dialect of English cat the noun and coat the verb are pronounced the same
    e. some people think phonetics is very interesting
    f. Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodmin, and Nina Haims are the authors of this book

    11. What phonetic property or feature distinguishes the sets of sounds in column A from those
    in column B?
    a. tongue position
    b. manner of articulation
    c. placement of articulation
    d. tongue position
    e. manner of articulation
    f. lip rounding and tongue position
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    Citation Page

    Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., & Hyams, N. (2019). 1. In Introduction to Language (11th ed.,
    pp. 183–213). essay, Cenagage.

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