UJIAN TENGAH SEMESTER Tgl Efektif :

SEMESTER GENAP 1 Februari 2011

TAHUN AKADEMIK 2019/2020 No. Form :
FM-AKM-03-035
No. Revisi : 00

Mata Kuliah/SKS : English Phonology/2

Dosen : Siti Ithriyah, M. Hum
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Hari, Tanggal : Jumat, 4 Desember 2020
Waktu : 07.30 - 09.10 WIB
Semester/Kelas : 5C, 5D dan 5E
Bentuk Soal : Essay
Sifat Ujian : Tutup Buku

Exam rules

● Do not cheat
● Do not disturb your fellow test takers
Read the following questions and answer them briefly! (@20 points)

1. The branches of phonology is phonetic and phonemic. So explain about it!

2. Explain about differences between British and American accent!
3. Draw the chart with long and short vowels in phonetic English!
4. What do you know about syllable and stress? Explain with some examples!
5. Mention some words with diphthong and triphthong!

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5E – MIDTERM TEST PHONOLOGY

1. Phonetic and Phonemic

● Phonemic is how we undertanding the individual sounds. phonemic also is the
smallest unit of phonology. Example : how we pronounce “kit”, we can divide
the sound of each words like : /k/, /ɪ/,/t/
● Phonetic focuses on the production of the world’s speech sounds. The
production of speech looks at the interaction of different vocal organs which
can be seen in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), example : pen /pen/, tea
/ ti:/. etc
2. Differences between British and American accent
 Native speakers have a variety of accents that make it hard to understand each
other. This is even more true for native English speakers from different
countries. 
● Spelling
This spelling occur for external reasons. The slight spelling differences can be
understood by both american and british speakers: hence, the relatively
standard english may be rensposible for keeping the varieties mutually
understandble.
● Pronunciation
The vowel systems different between american and british. For instance, the
vowels in the words dance, example, half, fast, bath, have, in general, an [a:]
in dialects spoken in british, while in american the vowel is pronounced [æ].
However, before /r/ and in words spelled with american use [a:] as in far, car,
calm, and palm.
● Stress
Verbs ending with -ate are usually stressed on the first syllable in american,
but on the ending in british. Some longer words, usually with four syllables,
ending with -ary, - ery, or –ory, also have different stress.
 3.

Vowel Phonetic Chart:

Front Near front Central Near back
Back

Close i u

Near close I ʊ

Close mid e

ə
Mid

Open mid ɛ (3)

ʌ

Near open æ

Open a
ɑɒ

4. STRESS AND SYLLABLE

STRESS a word with more one syllable. The patterns are, to some extent,
systematic and can be sorted by syllable, suffixes, and whether a word is loan word
or not
Example : 1. Commentary
● British : /ˈkɒməntri/
● American : /ˈkɑːmənteri/
2. Category
● British : /ˈkætəɡəri/
● American : /ˈkætəɡɔːri/

The syllable is a constant feature in every spoken language in the world and most
people have an intuitive sense of what a syllable is. Each language has its own
 rules about what kinds of syllables are allowed, and what kinds aren’t, but the
general structure is the same everywhere.

5. LIST OF DIPTHONGS
● /eə/ bear /beə(r)/
● /aɪ/ high /haɪ/
● /eɪ/ play /pleɪ/
● /ʊə/ pure /pjʊə(r)/

LIST OF TRIPTHONG
● /ɔɪə/ oil /ɔɪl/
● /aʊə/ our /ˈaʊə(r)/
● /eɪə/ player /ˈpleɪə(r)/
● /wəʊ/ quote /kwəʊt/