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Variaciones Fonético.. Pec Final Sep 2020
Variaciones Fonético.. Pec Final Sep 2020
VARIACIONES FONÉTICO-FONOLÓGICAS…
Full name:
Telephone number: Material: NONE
PEC (April) submitted: yes no
English accents of your choice: Welsh Scottish Irish Australian South African West Indies
1.1. … all the possible cases of assimilation and elision in *He is the *right
person. I *met him near *this shop *yesterday. (uttered by a native
speaker of RP English)
1. Assimilations:
a. There is a possible assimilation regressive in place of
articulation: The voiced alveolar /s/ of the word this, is followed by an
initial consonant with a place of articulation that is not alveolar, in that
case, is post-alveolar /ʃ/.
/s/ → / ʃ / before / ʃ ʒ j / this shop /'ðɪs ʃɒp/ → / 'ðɪʃ ʃɒp /
2. Elision:
a. There is a possible elision within a word: Vowel elision
mainly affects the weak centralized vowels /ə, i/ when they are preceded
by a consonant and followed by consonants (especially /l r n/ ) in
unaccented syllables.
Person → / pɜːsən̩ / → /pɜːsn̩ /
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1. Velarization:
a. Possible case of velarization in little, girl and called.
The velarized or dark ([ɫ]) occurs in all positions with the following
exceptions: when the consonant occurs before stressed front
vowels (or / j /).
In the word little contains two syllables (li-tl) and only one vowel in
the first syllable. The second syllable contains two consonants
which l occupied the “place” of vowel. In that case, the word –little-
contains clear l and dark ([ɫ]).
Little / lɪɾɫ /
1.3. … all the sounds equivalent to the RP / vowel ɜː/ in An *early *bird
with an *earth-worm. (uttered by a native speaker of the first accent
of your choice: Welsh English, Scottish English or Southern Irish
English)
The words with sounds equivalent to RP/vowel ɜː/ are early, bird and
earth-worm.
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In Welsh English is the same phonemic symbol but the vowel /ɜː/ is
more advanced than that of RP, with lip rounded.
Early /'ɜːli/
Bird /'bɜːd/
Earth-worm /'ɜːθwɜːm /
South African English is mostly a non-rhotic accent, that is, /r/ does not
occur in pre-consonantal and word-final positions. Nevertheless, R-
insertion (both intrusive and linking /r/) does not take place in connected
speech in many varieties of South African English.
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2nd PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE with PEC 3/10 points; without PEC 5/10):
Provide the phonemic transcription of the following text in GA and your two selected accents. Do not
forget to show likely weak forms, assimilations, elisions, syllabic consonants and linking ‘r’. Asterisks show
stressed syllables. Remember to divide the text into intonation units first:
1. Yes, *just leave the *little lamp *on. *That’s *better. I think *that’s as *good a *picture as you can *hope
*for. I’m a*fraid the *tube’s *going. 2. What you *ought to *do is to *hire a *set. You pay *so much a
*month, and the *firm guaran*tees to main*tain the set *for you. 3. *No, I *think I’d rather *buy one. These
*modern *sets are *pretty re*liable. *Someone’s *scored a *goal! Would that be *Scotland or *England? 4.
I *missed what the *commentator was *saying because *you were *talking. I ex*pect they’ll *show the
*score on the *screen…
1. GA (with PEC 1/10, without PEC 2/10): TRANSCRIBE ALL SENTENCES IN NUMBERS 1, 2, 3 and 4
// 'jɛs/ ʤʌst liv ðə 'lɪɾɫ læmp ɑn/ 'ðæts ' bɛɾə/ aɪ θɪŋk 'ðæts æz 'gʊd ə
'pɪkʧər æz ju kæn 'hoʊp 'fɔr/ aɪm ə'freɪd ðə 'tubz 'goʊɪŋ/ wʌʤu 'ɔt tu 'du
ɪz tu 'haɪər ə 'sɛt/ ju peɪ soʊ mʌʧ ə 'mʌnθ/ ænd ðə 'fɛrm gɛrən'tɪz tu
meɪn'teɪn ðə sɛt 'fɔr ju/ 'noʊ/ aɪ 'θɪŋk aɪd ræðər 'baɪ wʌn/ ðɪz 'mɑdərn
'sɛts ɑr 'prɪti rɪ'laɪəbəl/ 'sʌm wʌnz 'skɔrd ə 'goʊl/ wʊd ðæt bi 'skɑtlənd ɔr
'ɪŋglənd /aɪ 'mɪst ʍʌt ðə 'kɑmən‚teɪtər wʌz 'seɪɪŋ bɪ'kɔz 'ju wɝ 'tɔkɪŋ/ aɪ
ɪk'spɛkt ðeɪl 'ʃoʊ ðə 'skɔr ɑn ðə 'skrin//
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2. Other two accents (each accent: with PEC 1/10, without PEC 1,5/10):
2.1 Choose one: Welsh , Scottish , Southern Irish TRANSCRIBE ALL SENTENCES IN
NUMBERS 1 and 2
// 'jɛs/ ʤəst liːv ðə 'lɪɾɫ lamp ɒn/ 'ðats ' bɛɾə/ aɪ θɪŋk 'ðats az 'gʊd ə 'pɪkʧər
az juː kan 'houp 'fɔː/ aim ə'freɪd ðə 'tubz 'gouɪŋ/ wɒʤu 'ɔːt tuː 'duː ɪz
tuː 'haɪər ə 'sɛt/ juː peɪ soʊ məʧ ə 'mənθ/ ənd ðə 'fɜːm gɛrən'tiːz tu
meɪn'teɪn ðə sɛt 'fɔː juː /
2.2 Choose one: Australian , South African , West Indies TRANSCRIBE ALL SENTENCES IN
NUMBERS 3 and 4
/ 'nəʊ / aɪ 'θɪŋk aɪd rɑːðə 'baɪ wʌn/ ðiːz 'mɒdən 'sets ɑː 'prɪti rɪ'laɪəbl/
'sʌmwʌnz 'skɔːd ə 'gəʊl/ wʊd ðət bi 'skɒtlənd ɔːr 'ɪŋglənd /aɪ 'mɪst wɒt ðə
'kɒmenteɪtə wəs 'seɪɪŋ bɪ'kɔz 'ju wɜː 'tɔːkɪŋ/ aɪ ɪk'spekt ðeɪl 'ʃəʊ ðə 'sk ɔːr
ɒn ðə 'skriːn//
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EVALUATION CRITERIA
WITH PEC (APRIL): The mark of this FINAL SEPTEMBER PEC (80% of
the final grade) will be added to the one obtained in the first PEC (April)
(the remaining 20%).
WITHOUT PEC (APRIL): If you did not submit the first PEC (April) you
can pass the course with the mark obtained in this FINAL SEPTEMBER
PEC (representing, then 100% of the final grade).
Penalization:
a. 1st EXERCISE (sentence analysis):
By ‘mistake’ is meant either a wrong answer or a lack of
answer.
Each mistake penalises -0.3 points
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SUBMISSION
Use the sheets you need but try to use only the ones provided
Convert your PEC document into pdf format and call it with your full
name
Send it (using the task icon in the virtual course website) before 8.00 h
(September 11) (within your time zone)
No key of the FINAL PEC will be provided before the grades are made
public
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