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Parcial Apunte Word Fone 2023
Parcial Apunte Word Fone 2023
Nouns usually take orthographic “s” to form the plural: A similar phenomenon takes place for this suffixes,
Book- /bʊks/ when we form the past simple and past participle form
Pen- /pens/ of regular verbs.
Cat- /kæts/ We will add /t/ if the last sound of the verb is voiceless:
Dog- /dɔɡs/ Laughed /laft/
The pronunciation of these morphemes varies depending
on the sound that precedes it: the general rule is that it And we add /d/ if the last sound is Voiced:
should agree in voicing with the sound before it. Loved /lʌvd/
/bʊks/ /penz/
/kæts/ /dɔɡz/ But if the verb ends in /t/ or /d/ we add /ɪd/
Needed /nidɪd/, wanted /wɔntɪd/
These are These are
Voiceless voiced
“d” Morpheme
This means that if the word ends in a VOICED sound we
add /z/, and if ends in VOICELESS sounds we should add /s/ We add /t/ We add /d/
Ropes /roʊps/ robes /roʊbz/ /m/
/p/ /b/
Words that end in a Sibilant sound: /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /f/ or /f/ /v/
/ / / /
/dʒ/ we add /ɪz/
/l/
Roses /roʊzɪz/, Houses /haʊzɪz/, brushes / haʊzɪz/, /r/
beaches /biʧɪz/, garages /ɡəˈrɑʒɪz/, Ridges /ˈrɪʤɪz/ /n/
/s/ /z/
The same rule applies when we add “s” or “es” to verbs to / / / /
make their present simple form for the verbs of 3RD person / / / /
singular, and for “´s” /k/ /g/
Loves / lʌvz/, wakes /weɪks/, washes /wɑʃɪz/. / /
/h/
“s” Morpheme All vowels and
We add /s/ We add /z/ dipthongs
/m/
/p/ /b/ We add /id/ after
/f/ /v/
/ / / / /t/ /d/
/n/
/r/
/l/
/t/ /d/
/k/ /g/
/ / / /
/h/
All vowels and
dipthongs
e: complete, these…
ey: key …
, quay
, built
The lips are loosely spread but more open than for /ɪ/
It is short.
/æ/
vN4:
Front VOWEL
Open-mid
Apple /æpl/
Back /bæk/
Marry /mæri/
, tongue, Monday.
, Cut, result
Enough,
young
, blood
Vn 5: /ɑː/ Back VOWEL
, last, bath.
, hard, large.
, laugh.
, hearth.
Memoir, repertoire
, gone, holiday.
, watch, what.
, Austria, laurel.
vN7: /ɔː/ Back VOWEL
Close-mid
Open-mid positions.
Close-mid
Worcester / wʊs.tə/
It is a short sound.
vN9: /u:/ Back VOWEL
Close-mid Open-
mid
NO contact.
er, err (in accented syllables):
her , perfect, serve,
err, ur , urr : urgent, church,
hurt, purr
yr : Myrtle, myrrh
scourge
Close-mid Open-
mid
open
NO contact.
a: about, affect, woman…
e: milkmen, gentlemen, problem
i: possible, quality, family…
o: oblige, offend, common…
u: suppose, support, cactus
ar: particular
er: mother , waiter
or: razor , doctor
our: colour
ous: famous
ure: adventure , future , culture