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Name _________________________

Homework 2: Phonetics
Part 1: Give a full featural description for each of the IPA symbols below.
1. [h] ________________________________________________________________________
2. [] ________________________________________________________________________
3. [u] ________________________________________________________________________
4. [] ________________________________________________________________________
5. [] ________________________________________________________________________
Part 2: What is this sound? Give the IPA symbol.
6. high back rounded lax vowel

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7. voiced bilabial nasal stop

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8. voiced labio-dental oral fricative

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9. mid front unrounded lax vowel

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10. voiceless palatal oral fricative

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Part 3: Do a reverse transcription into English for the following words (11 - 15).
[ed]

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[stk] _

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[bl] _

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[dfl]__ ___________________
[fd]

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Part 4: Use the IPA to transcribe these words. Dont forget the brackets.
16. (your own given name)

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17. chipped

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18. Jeep

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19. shapes

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20. though

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Part 5: What features do each of the following sounds have in common? (There could be
more than one.)
21.
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22.
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23.
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Part 6: Use IPA to transcribe the attached 50 second sound file. Attach your transcription
to this assignment (24 30).