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NAME : MARSYA NANDA DIAN AGUSTINA

NIM : 20108810017
SUBJECT : INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC
QUIZ
100
1. Transcribe the following words, phrases and sentences into phonemic script, using
the symbols listed on pp.79-80. Do not attempt to reproduce capitalisation or
punctuation.
a. Lazy /ˈleɪzi/ Undue  /ˌʌnˈdjuː/
Dinner /ˈdɪnə(r)/ Telegraph /ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/
Choose /tʃuːz/ Repetition /ˌrepəˈtɪʃn/
River /ˈrɪvə(r)/ Canberra /ˈkænbərə/
Unnerved /ˌʌnˈnɜːv/ Common /ˈkɒmən/
Ball /bɔːl/ Sore /sɔː(r)/
b. Rought as guts /raʊt/-  /æz/ -/ɡʌts/
Banana bender /bəˈnɑːnə/- /ˈbendə(r)/
She’s apples /ʃiːz/- /ˈæpls/
Home and hosed /həʊm/- /ænd/- /həʊzd/
Melbourne cup /ˈmelbən/- /kʌp/
Alveolar ridge /ælˈviːələ(r)/- /rɪdʒ/
c. i. Bob and Hazel were entertained at a barbecue, while Andrew went off alone
to a discotheque
/bɒb/- /ænd/- /ˈheɪzl/- /wɜː(r)/- /ˌentəˈteɪn/-
/æt/-/eɪ/-/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/-/waɪl/-/ˈændruː/-/went/-/ɒf/-/əˈləʊn/-/tuː/-/eɪ/-
/ˈdɪskətek/
ii. Enjoy your leisure time to the full, for no-one knows when there might be
another chence here
/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/- /jə(r)/- /ˈleʒə(r)/- /taɪm/-/tuː/-/ðiː/-/fʊl/,/fɔː(r)/-
/nəʊ/-/wʌn/-/nəʊs/-/wen/-/ðeə(r)/- /maɪt/-/biː/-/əˈnʌðə(r)/- /tʃɑːns/-/hɪə(r)/
(Oxford dictionary n.d)
2. The following sets of minimal pairs show that English /p/ and /b/ contrast in initial,
medial, and final positions.
Initial Medial Final
Pit/bit rapid/rabid cap/cab
Find similar sets of minimal pairs for each pair of consonant given:
a. /k/ --- /g/
Initial medial final
Came/game rookie/cookie pack/bag
b. /m/ ---/n/
Initial medial final
Am/an game/gain gleam/glean
c. /l/ --- /r/
Initial medial final
Lace/race Alive/arrive berry/belly

d. /b/---/v/
Initial medial final
Bent/vent rebel/revel verb/verve
https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/minimal-pairs-k-g-initial.htm
3. Devide these words by placing a + between their separate morphemes. (some of the
words may be monomorphemic and therefore invisible. )
Example : re + place + s
4. In the Africant language Maninka, the suffix -li has more than one pronunciation (like
the -ed past tense ending on English verbs, as in reaped /t/, robbed /d/, and raided
/ed/. The suffix is similar to the derivational suffix -ing, which when added to the
verb cook makes it a noun as in ‘Her cooking was great’, or the suffix -ion, which also
derives a verb from a noun as in create + ion, permitting the creation of the word’
Consider these data from Maninka :

Bugo ‘hit’ bugoli ‘hitting’


Dila ‘repair’ diali ‘repairing’
Don ‘come in ‘ donni ‘the coming in’
Dumu ‘eat’ dumuni ‘the eating’
Gwen ‘chase’ gwenni ‘the chasing’
a. What are the forms of the morpheme meaning ‘the_______ing?
b. Can you predict which phonetic form will occur? If so, state the rule
c. What are the ‘-ing’ forms for the following verbs
Da ‘lie down’ famu ‘understand’
Men ‘hear’ sunogo ‘sleep
Answer : dali lying down famuni understanding
Men Hearing sunogo sleeping

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