Task 3 –Vowels and features

English Phonetics

Juan Esteban Zea Tirado

Cód. 518014A_764Group 14

Teacher

Yennifer Vanessa Murcia

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación

CEAD-MEDELLÍN

Septiembre 2020
 TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISES

VOWEL SOUNDS

1. Name the tongue position for each vowel. The first one is done
for you:

a) /ʌ/ Mid and back

b) /ʊ/ Back
c) /ɪ/ High/close
d) /ɔ:/ Mid and back
e) /æ/ Mid

2. Write only the symbols of the vowel sounds contained in the

following words, remember to write each symbol in slashes
(//).
• The first one is done for you.

Word Symbols of the vowel sounds

snub /ʌ/

bull /ʊ/

letter /e/-/ɚ/

keep /iː/

Gear /ɪə/
 3. As you already know consonant and vowel symbols, transcribe
from IPA alphabet to regular English letters the following text:

/westən jʊərəp həd biːn dɪˈskʌsɪŋ kɒnsəpts sʌʧ əz səˈsteɪnəbl ̩

dɪˈveləpmənt fə nɪərlɪ twentɪ jɪərz ət ðæt pɔɪnt/

Transcription:
/Western Europe had been discussing concepts such as sustainable
development for nearly twenty years at that point/

4. Transcribe from regular English letter (graphemes) to IPA symbols

(phonemes) the following text.

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It

was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly
worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the
miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic
childhood. (from Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt)

Transcription:
wɛn aɪ lʊk bæk ɔn mɑɪ ˈtʃɑɪld·hʊd aɪ ˈwʌn·dər hɑʊ aɪ sərˈvɑɪv ət ɔl. ɪt wʌz, ʌv kɔrs, eɪ
ˈmɪz·ər·ə·bəl ˈtʃɑɪld·hʊd: ðə ˈhæp·I ˈtʃɑɪld·hʊd ɪz ˈhɑrd·li wɜrθ jər hwɑɪl: wɜrs ðæn ðə
ˈɔr·dənˌer·I ˈmɪz·ər·ə·bəl ˈtʃɑɪld·hʊd ɪz ðə ˈmɪz·ər·ə·bəl ˈaɪə.rɪʃ ˈtʃɑɪld·hʊd, ænd wɜrs jet ɪz ðə
ˈmɪz·ər·ə·bəl ˈaɪə.rɪʃ ˈkæθ.əl.ɪk ˈtʃɑɪld·hʊd. (frʌm Angela’s Ashes bɑɪ fræŋk McCourt)
5. Write a word that includes each diphthong.
• The first one is done for you.

Symbol Word
a) / aɪ/ Cry
b) /eɪ/ Place
c) /əʊ/ Goat
d) /aʊ/ now
e) / ɪə/ near
 DIAGRAM OF THE DIPHTHONG SOUNDS
Diphthong: / aɪ /

Word: fine

Diagram:

Diphthong: / eə /

Word: bear

Diagram:
Diphthong: / aʊ /

Word: mouth

Diagram:

Diphthong: / əʊ /

Word: coat

Diagram:
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