LING 372 – Descriptive and Instrumental Phonetics

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2

Due by October 11 at 11:59 PM

Read chapters 3 and 4 from the textbook.

Provide a narrow (allophonic) transcription of the following sentences. Use your own English
pronunciation as a guide. Don’t forget to use the diacritics where appropriate. You might find this
on-line resource useful: http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/

1. We can see three real trees.

wi kʰən si θɹi ɹiəl tɹiz 

2. He still lives in the big city.

hi stɪl lɪvz ɪn ðə bɪɡ sɪti 

3. The waiter gave the lady stale cakes.

ðə weɪtɚ ɡeɪv ðə leɪdi steɪl kʰeɪks

4. They sell ten red pens for a penny.

ðeɪ sɛl tʰɛn ɹɛd pʰɛnz fɔr ə pʰɛni 

5. His pal packed his bag with jackets.

hɪz pʰæl pʰækt hɪz bæɡ wɪθ dʒækəts

6. Father calmly parked the car in the yard.

fɑðɚ kʰɑmli pʰɑrkt ðə kʰɑr ɪn ðə jɑrd

7. The doll at the top costs lots.

ðə dɑl æt ðə tʰɑp kʰɔsts lɑts 

8. Don’t stroll slowly on a lonely road.

LING 372 – Descriptive and Instrumental Phonetics

doʊnt stroʊl sloʊli ɔn ə loʊnli roʊd 

9. Sue threw the soup into the pool.

su θru ðə swup ɪntu ðə pul

10. The girl with curls has furs and pearls.

ðə ɡɜl wɪθ kɜlz hæz fɜz ənd pɜlz 

11. I like miles of bright lights.

aɪ laɪk maɪəlz əv braɪt laɪts

12. He howled out loud as the cow drowned.

hi haʊəld aʊt laʊd æz ðə kʰaʊ draʊnd

13. The boy was annoyed by boiled oysters.

ðə bɔɪ wʌz ənɔɪd baɪ bɔɪəld ɔɪstz