University of Athens

Faculty of English Studies

ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
Oct 2015

Exercise 1
Instructor: A Georgountzou
NAME:_____________________________________________________________
I.D. number: _____________________

A. Make a phonemic transcription of the following words marking stress as well. Focus
on the vowels only this time. Also, try to place the vowels in the vowel quadrilateral and
describe them in terms of frontness/backness, tongue height and lip posture.

1. In
2. perpetrating
3. revolution,
4. there
5. two
6. someone
7. something
8. revolt
9. against
10. and
11. actually
12. up
13. do
14. the
15. Dress
16. parties
17. flexible
18. but
19. faction