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Phonetics and Phonology Assignment
Phonetics and Phonology Assignment
Phonetics and Phonology Assignment
1. Airstream Mechanism
Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the words provided (some words
may be used more than once):
2. Phonetic description
Give the appropriate phonetic symbol in brackets for each of the sounds
described below:
3. Phonetic description
Work out the vowel sound associated with each of the following descriptions.
Supply its correct phonetic symbol and illustrate the vowel with a word in English.
One example has been done for you.
4. Assimilation
Provide two phonetic transcriptions for each of the following examples, one
which reflects the way you would say it in formal or careful speech style, the
other the way you would say it in more rapid, casual speech style. Identify the
assimilation process that occurs in the sound sequence.
2. A basket maker
3. A good cook
5. Stress
Look at the underlined word that receives the stress in each sentence, and tell
what the speaker means. One example has been done for you.
1. I asked you to buy red roses. E.g. It was me who was asking – not him or her
3. I asked you to buy red roses. E.g Not anybody else’s roses
4. I asked you to buy red roses. E.g Not the sell one
6. I asked you to buy red roses. E.g It was roses – not orchids
6. Consider the distribution of [r] and [l] in Korean in the following words:
Are [r] and [l] allophones of one or two phonemes? State your reasons.
7. Analyze the syllable structure of the words: spring, little, doctor, structure.
8. Why do the rules for marking stress and intonation keep changing? Don't we
have any fixed rules?