Phonetic And Phonology

Assignment

Lecturer :
Mrs. Farida Hidayati, M.Pd
By :
Vilda Saadah Salsabila – 1818210015
Putri Melania – 1818210023

English Education Program

Semester 2

Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Subang
2018/2019
Written Exercises :

1. On the diagram provided, various articulators are indicated by labelled

arrows (a-e). Give the names for the articulators.
Answers : a. Soft Palate (Velum)
b. Alveolar ridge
c. Tongue
d. Hard Palate
e. Lower lip
2. Using the descriptive labels introduced for vowel classification, say what
the following cardinal vowels are:
a) [u]
b) [e]
c) [a]
d) [i]
e) [o]
Answers: a. Close back/High Back vowel
b. Close mid/High Mid vowel
c. Open front/Low Front vowel
d. Close front/High Front vowel
e. Close-mid back/High-mid back vowel
3. Draw a vowel quadrilateral and indicate on it the correct places for the
following English vowels:
a) æ
b) ʌ
c) I
d) e
 Answers:

Based on those ‘Vowel Quadrilateral’ , we can know the tongue position below:
a) æ –front opened unrounded vowel
b) ʌ - back half-opened rounded vowel
c) I – front closed unrounded vowel
d) e – front half-closed unrounded vowel
4. Write the symbols for the vowels in the following words:
a) bread
b) rough
c) foot
d) hymn
e) pull
f) cough
g) mat
h) friend
Answers: a. /bred/
b. /rəf/
c. /fu:t/
d. /him/
e. /pʊl/
f . /kɒf/
g. /mat/
h. /frend/