TA Contact Info:

Onur Keleş
onur.keles1@boun.edu.tr

*Individual or group meet-ups are possible over Zoom. If you get confused about anything
covered in this course, send me an email and we can find an appropriate time and have a
quick chat.

P.S. Exercises

1. Define the following sub-braches of phonetics:

Acoustic phonetics:

Auditory phonetics:

Articulatory phonetics:

2. What are some reasons why we need IPA to represent phonetics?

3. Complete the diagram of the vocal tract:

4. Give the phonetic symbols for the following segments:

voiceless velar stop
voiced alveolar fricative
voiceless palato-alveolar affricate
alveolar nasal
voiceless alveolar stop
voiceless labiodental fricative
voiced interdental fricative
voiceless glottal fricative

5. What is the difference between the segments presented in pairs below.

[l] - [r]
[v] - [f]
[ʤ] - [z]
[ʤ] - [d]
[m] - [b]
[c] - [k]
[d] - [n]
[n] - [z]
[ʧ] - [ɵ]
[m] - [b]
[p] - [k]
[m] - [p]
[f] - [t]
[k] - [ɳ]
[v] - [Ʒ]

6. What is the difference between each item in the pairs given below with regard to
vowel quality?
dead-dad
heat-hit
sought-set
light-late
sight-south
said-bet
mouth-brought
build-bill
right-rate
aisle-island
crime-cream
call-calf
star-stuff
does-dozen
chair-pair
looser-cuter
trouble-treble
passage-garage
kiosk-father
umbrella-amendment

7. Transcribe the phonetics into words.

/ɔ:lweɪz/
/bɔ:t/
/kʌzən/
/ıgzɔ:stɪd/
/hɛdeɪk/
/lʌv/
/mju:zi:əm/
/sməʊk/
/mjuzɪʃən/
/klaʊn/
/saɪlənt/
/dʒʌŋɡəl/

8. Transcribe the words into phonetics.

trousers
company
flood
scissors
chunk
crowded
tough
though
raw
chocolate
swing
trashy

9. Briefly explain what aspiration and voice onset time mean.