LENGUA INGLESA: FONTICA I. 2 CURSO. GRADO ESTUDIOS INGLESES.

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PART A: TRANSCRIPTION OF WORDS Transcribe the following words. Fifteen correct transcriptions are needed to pass (30 points)

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minute colonel gnaw longing advanced palatalisation certain twopence exemplify accurate rough spoonful cupboard Oxford Breathe

plait Lourdes shepherd hanger allophone gradual hiccough sheaths complexion confusion Europe hopeful brooch biscuit Choir

PART B: THEORY Answer these questions (30 points)

Ex 1. Explain the concepts Standard English, and Received Pronunciation, describing briefly how they originated.

Ex 2. Below you have two representations of the same word: <twinkle>. Both of them are correct. [ k ] / / Explain the theoretical basis for the narrow transcription.

3. Explain the concept allophone. Supply examples that illustrate three different allophonic variations.

4 a) Transcribe the word/s below i), ii) and b) explain the phonological process/es that have taken place: i. a) <commerce> b) <commercial>

ii. a) <confuse> b)

<confusion>

5. What criteria must you include in a full articulatory description of consonant sounds? Supply examples.

6. What criteria must you include in a full articulatory description of vowel sounds? Supply examples.

PART C: PRACTICE Do the following exercises (40 points) Ex 1. Supply a homograph for each word and provide their meaning and transcription Transcriptions Meanings Row Minute Wind Bow Cleanly -

Ex 2. Answer 2.a) and 2.b) 2.a) Write four possible pronunciations of the digraph <oo>, and supply an example for each: 1. / / as in ... 3. / / as in ... 2. / / as in ... 4. / / as in ...

Write four possible pronunciations of the grapheme <o>, and supply an example for each: 1. / / as in ... 3. / / as in ... 2. / / as in ... 4. / / as in ...

2.b) Write five possible spellings of the phoneme //: 1. < 4. < > as in ... > as in ... 2. < 5. < > as in ... > as in ... 3. < > as in ...

Write five possible spellings of the phoneme / : 1. < 4. < > as in ... > as in ... 2. < 5. < > as in ... > as in ... 3. < > as in ...

Ex 3. Transcribe the following words and give an argument to explain the pronunciation of the -ed and -s morphemes: a. needed b. worked c. believed d. laughed e. Jamess f. goals g. tips h. roses ________________________________________ ________________________________________ _______________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

Ex 4. Classify the following phonemes; supply two examples of words in which those phonemes are found: a. / /

b. /f/:

c. //:

d. //:

e. //: