COULD YOU TRANSCRIBE THE WORD, PLEASE.

1. COULD YOU TRANSCRIBE THE WORD, PLEASE. Eha Mängel Tallinn University Language Centre

2. Transcription signs • Short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ, ə, (i, u) • Long vowels: i:, ɑ:, ɔ:, u:, ɜ: • Diphthongs: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ, ɪə, eə, (ʊə) • Consonants • (voiceless): k, p, t, s, ʃ, f, θ, ʧ • (voiced): g, b, d, z, ʒ, v, ð, ʤ • j, w, m, n, ŋ, l, r, h

3. Three NOs • 1 No connection between the signs • 2 No capital signs • 3 No double consonants

4. The ghost of ancient sights haunts the lonely stroller • ðə gəʊst əv eɪnʃənt saɪts hɔ:nts ðə ləʊnli strəʊlə

5. Often occurring mistakes • Vowels • /ɪ/ • women • /wɪmɪn/ • busy • /bɪzi/ • /e/ • bury • /beri/ • says/said • /sez/ /sed/

6. breath • /breθ/ • BUT: to breathe /bri:ð/ • leisure • /leʒə/ US /li:ʒə/ • jeopardy • /ʤepədi/ • heifer • /hefə/

7. /ʌ/ • blood / flood • /blʌd/ /flʌd/ • onion • /ʌnjən/ • among • /ə’mʌŋ/ • ton / won • /tʌn/ /wʌn/ • southern • /sʌð(ə)n/

8. twopence • /tʌpən(t)s/ • threepence • /θrʌpən(t)s/ • / ɑ: / • clerk • /klɑ:k/ • sergeant • /sɑ:ʤənt/ • aunt • /ɑ:nt/

9. /ɒ/ • knowledge • /nɒlɪʤ/ /nɒləʤ/ • bureaucracy • /bjʊə’rɒkrəsi/ • swan • /swɒn/ • Swan swam over the sea- • Swim swan, swim; • Swan swam back again- • Well swum swan. • yacht /jɒt/

10. /ɔ:/ • poor, sure,tour • /pɔ:/ /ʃɔ:/ /tɔ:/ • Baltic • /bɔ:ltɪk/ • chalk, talk, walk • /ʧɔ:k/ /tɔ:k/ /wɔ:k/ • autumn • /ɔ:təm/ • sward • /sɔ:d/

11. /u:/ • tomb, womb • /tu:m/ /wu:m/ • blue, glue • /blu:/ /glu:/ • suit, juice, cruise, bruise • /su:t/ /ʤu:s/ /kru:z/ /bru:z/

12. /ɜ:/ • journey • /ʤɜ:ni/ • colonel • /kɜ:nəl/

13. Diphthongs • /eə/ and /ɪə/ • hair - here, hear dare - dear,deer • bear - beer chair - cheer • air - ear Clare - clear • fair - fear stare - steer • rare - rear spare - spear • pear - pier rarely - really

14. Consonants • Silent letters • /p/ and /b/ • cupboard, comb, bomb, climb, doubt, debt • /kʌbəd//kəʊm//kəʊm//klаɪm//dаʊt//det/ • psychology, psalm, pseudo, psychi/psycho • /sаɪ’kɒləʤi/ /sɑ:m/ /sju:dəʊ/ /saɪki/saɪkəʊ/ • /t/ and /d/ • castle, hasten, Christmas, mustn’t, handsome • /kɑ:sl/ /heɪsn/ /krɪsməs/ /mʌsnt//hænsəm/

15. /h/ • honour, heir, exhaust, exhibit, vehicle • /ɒnɪst//eə//ɪg’zɔ:st//ɪg’zɪbɪt//vi:əkl//vɪəkl/ • /l/ • salmon • /sæmən/

16. /ʧ/ or /ʤ/ CHIN GIN RICH RIDGE CHEER JEER SEARCH SURGE CHOKE JOKE H AGE CHAIN JANE LARCH LARGE Look out! He’s choking/joking. The audience cheered/jeered at her speech. It’s not a little fir tree, It’s a larch/large tree. What happened to your chin/gin

17. First names • Ian • /i:ən/ • Sean • /ʃɔ:n/ • Seamus • /ʃeməs/ • Sinead • /ʃɪ’neɪd/ • Scylla • /sɪlə/

18. Scythia • /sɪðiə/ • Deirdre • /dɪədri/ • Isla • /аɪlə/

19. Family names • Cholomondeley • /ʧʌmli/ • Colquhoun • /kə’hu:n/ • Dalziel • /di:’el/ or /dælzi:l/ • Featherstonehawe • /fænʃɔ:/ or /feðəst(ə)nhɔ:/ • Quesnel • /keɪn(ə)l/

20. Placenames • Marylabone • /mɑ:lɪbə(ʊ)n/ or /mær(ə)ləbən/ • Grosvenor • /grəʊvnə/ • Alnwick • /ænɪk/ • Leicester • /lestə/ • Gloucester • /glɒstə/

21. Worcester • /wʊstə/ • Cirencester • /sɪsɪtə/ or /saɪər(ə)nsestə/ • Woolfardisworthy • /wʊlz(ə)ri/ or /fʊlfɑ:dɪswɜ:ði/ • Tucson • /tu:sɒn/ • Arkansas • /ɑ:kənsɔ:/ BUT: river /ɑ:’kænzəs/

22. How to pronounce certain letter combinations • Vowel diagraphs • In strong syllables • AE (BrE) E (in US) • aesthetic esthetic • i:s’θetɪk es’θetɪk • Caesar • si:zə si:zə • When followed by /r/ • aeroplane • eərəpleɪn erəpleɪn

23. In weak syllables • gynaecology gynecology • gaɪnə’kɒləʤi gaɪnə’kɑ:ləʤi • Transcribe the following words: • aether/(US)ether, aery, aestival/(US)estival • i:θə eəri/eri/eɪəri i:s’tаɪvəl/ ‘estəvəl

24. OE in US also E • Oedipus, oesophagus, oecumenic • i:dɪpəs/edɪpəs, i:’sɒfəgəs/ɪ’sɑ:fəgəs, i:kjʊ’menɪk/ ekjə’menɪk

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