Task 2 Segmental Features

Tutor: Maria Teresa Salamanca Gonzalez

Gissel Elena Ruiz

Code: 518014 Group: 4

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

English Phonetics

March 2023
Ova Exercises
 Segmental features
Workshop 1 - Segmental - Practical Exercises

1. Name the manner and the place of articulation of each

Phoneme

Phoneme Manner Place

a) /j/ Approximant Palatal
b) /f/ Fricative Labio-dental
c) / θ/ Fricative Dental
d) /p / Plosive Bilabial
e) /r/ Retroflex Post
alveolar

2. Name the tongue position for each vowel. The first one is
done for you:
f) /ʌ/ Mid
g) /u:/ Close and back
h) /i:/ Front and high
i) /ɔ:/ Mid and half-close

j) / ə/ Centre
 3. Write into phonetic transcription the following words,
remember to write each word in slashes (//).
 The first one is done for you.

Word Symbols of the consonant sounds

English /ŋ/-/ɡ/-/l/-/ʃ/
Alphabet /l/-/f/-/b/-/t/
Phonetic /f/-/n/-/t/-/k/
transcription /t/-/r/-/n/-/s/-/k/-/r/-/p/-/ʃ/-/n/
Think /θ/-/ŋ/-/k/

4. Classify the following words according to the place of

articulation of the letter in bold in the box below
 The first one is done for you.

Read – Those – Time – Voice – Church -King – Mom -Yacht -horse

Bilabial Dental Labio- alveolar velar Palatal Palate- glottal Retroflex

dental alveolar
Mom Those Voice Time King Yacht Church Horse Read
 5. Write a word that includes each symbol.
 The first one is done for you.

Symbol Word
a) /ʃ/ shoe
b) /θ/ Thumb
c) /j/ Yo-yo
d) /p/ Soup
e) /h/ Hand

6. Transcribe from regular English letters (graphemes) to IPA

symbols (phonemes) the following text.
An aim is a goal or objective to achieve in life. In order to succeed in life, one must
have a goal. My aim in life is to be a teacher. Teaching is a noble and responsible
profession. I have come to know that the ever-increasing misery and distress, are due
to the ignorance and illiteracy of the people of our country. So, I have decided to
spread education among the masses as much as possible within my humble power. As
a teacher, I shall try my best to impart man-making education. Some say that money is
the honey of life. But I do not agree with them. Rather, I think that morality is the real
honey of life. I want to be a lovable and respectable person as a teacher in the future.

Transcription:

/ˈæn ˈeɪm iz ɒ ɡəʊl ɔːr əbˈdʒek.tɪv tuː əˈtʃiːv ɪn laɪf. ɪn ɔːr.dɚ tuː
səkˈsiːd ɪn laɪf, wʌn mʌst hæv ɒ ɡəʊl. maɪ ˈeɪm ɪn laɪf iz tuː bi ɒ
tiː.tʃɚ. tiːtʃɪŋ iz ɒ ˈnoʊ.bəl ænd rɪˈspɑːn.sə.bəl prəˈfeʃ.ən. aɪ hæv
kʌm tuː noʊ ðæt ðiː ˈev.ɚ- ɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈmɪz.ɚ.i dɪˈstres, ɑːr duː tuː ðə
ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns ænd ɪˈlɪt̬ .ɚ.ə.si əv ðiː ˈpiː.pəl əv ˈaʊ.ɚ ˈkʌn.tri. soʊ, aɪ
hæv dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd tuː spred edʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən əˈmʌŋ ðiː ˈmæs·ɪz əz mʌtʃ
əz ˈpɑː.sə.bəl wɪˈðɪn maɪ ˈhʌm.bəl ˈpaʊ.ɚ. əz ɒ tiː.tʃɚ, aɪ ʃæl traɪ
maɪ best tuː ɪmˈpɑːrt mæn- meɪ.kɪŋ´ edʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən. sʌm seɪ ðæt
ˈmʌn.i iz ðiː ˈhʌn.i əv laɪf. bʌt ˈaɪ du nɑːt əˈɡriː wɪt ðəm. ˈræð.ɚ,
aɪ θɪŋk ðæt nɔːrˈmæl.ə.t̬ I iz ðiː ˈriː.əl ˈhʌn.i əv laɪ. aɪ wɑːnt tuː bi ɒ
ˈlʌv.ə.bəl ænd rɪˈspek.tə.bəl ˈpɝː.sən əz ɒ tiː.tʃɚ ɪn ðiː ˈfjuː.tʃɚ.
7. Write a word that includes each diphthong.
 The first one is done for you.

Symbol Word
a) / aɪ/ Cry
b) /eɪ/ Eight
c) /əʊ/ Arrow
d) /aʊ/ House
e) / ɪə/ Deer

8. 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.
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