Facultad de Comunicación y Lenguaje

Departamento de Lenguas
English Phonetics and Phonology
Name: Juan Sebastian Davila Ordoñez

A. World Englishes. 5 points

What is the impact of World Englishes on English phonetics, phonology and
pronunciation? (80-100 words).
The different accents of English generate a great impact on phonetics because
each country whose native language is English has different sounds that make
up the language and these sounds are not always the same for each country, as
is the case, for example. of American English and British English. Also, the
pronunciation of vowels changes. Learning phonetics will generate that if your
grammar is not perfect, people can understand you when you speak

B. Articulatory System. 5 points

Label the places of articulation. Hard Palate
Soft Palate

Nostrils

Alveoli

Teeth

Lips
Pharynx

Ápice
Lingual

Epiglottis
Lingual
Lingual root
Back Laryns
C. Describing consonant sounds. 10 points
Column A: Describe the following sounds in terms of voicing, place of
articulation, and manner of articulation. example: /p/ is a voiceless bilabial stop.
Column B: Write the symbol in front of the description.

A B
/f/ Voiceless Labiodental Fricative /d/ Alveolar stop voiced
/z/ Voiced Alveolar Fricative /g/ Velar stop voiced
/h/ Voiced Glottal Fricative /η/ Velar nasal voiced
 
/b/ Bilabial voiced stop /L/ Alveolar liquid voiced
/g/ Voiced Velar Plosive /θ/ Interdental fricative voiceless
/ʧ / Voiceless palato-alveolar / Bilabial nasal voiced
Affricate m/

D. What’s the word? 5points

EX Voiced bilabial stop + / e / + voiceless alveolar stop bet

1 voiced labiodental fricative + / e / + voiceless alveolar stop Void
2 voiced alveolar fricative + / e / + voiced alveolar nasal Seen
3 Voiceless palatal affricate + / e / + voiceless velar stop Shock
4 Voiced interdental fricative + / e / + voiced alveolar nasal Third
5 Voiced glottal glide + / e / + voiced alveolar lateral hell

E. voiced or voiceless? 5 points

Come up with four minimal pairs of words in which a sound differs only in
voicing status; for example: pin /pɪn/ and bin /bɪn/.

Food Good
Fall Ball
Put But
Bell Tell
F. Different places of articulation. 5 points
Come up with three sets of three words, the words in each set differing only in the
place of articulation of one of the sounds in the same position. For example, in
the words pit, tit, kit, /pɪt/ /tɪt/ /kɪt/, the initial sounds are all voiceless stops,
but /p/ is bilabial, /t/ is alveolar, and /k/ is velar.

Tell/Bell/Cell
Cook/ Book/Root
Fat/ Bat/ Cat

G. Different manners of articulation. 5 points

Come up with three sets of two words each that differ only in the manner of
articulation of one of the sounds in the same position. For example, in the words
ship and chip, / ʃɪp/ / ʧɪp/, the initial sounds are a voiceless palatal fricative /ʃ/
and a voiceless palatal affricate /ʧ/. The differing sounds do not have to occur at
the beginning of the word.

Book / Cook
 Home/ Some
Blood/ Food

H. Reverse transcription. 5 points

Write the following sentences in English.

1. /vəˈraɪɪtiːz əv ˈlæŋgwɪʤ rɪˈfɜːr tuː ðə ˈdɪfərənsɪz ɪn ðə ˈsɪstəmz əv ə

ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ðæt ɪˈmɜːrʤ frʌm ˈsoʊʃəl hɪˈstɔːrɪkəl ænd ˈʌðər ˈʧeɪnʤɪz/

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2. /fəˈnetɪk trænˈskrɪpʃən ɪz ˈriːəliː ɪmˈpɔːrtnt fər ˈmeniː ˈriːzənz/

Phonetics transcriptions is really important for many reasons

3. /fəˈnetɪks ænd fəˈnɑːləʤiː ɑːr ðə ˈbrænʧɪz əv lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks kənˈsɜːrnd wɪð

saʊndz ðʌs ðə meɪn əbˈʤektɪv əv ɪnˌvestəˈgeɪʃən ɪn ðɪs kɔːrs ɪz ə saʊnd/

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4. /ðə ˈsɪmbəlz fər ðiː ˈɪŋglɪʃ fə-ˈnē-mik ʧɑːrt həv bɪn kəmˈpaɪld frʌm ðiː
ˌɪntərˈnæʃʌnl fəˈnetɪk ælfəˌbet dɪˈvaɪzd baɪ ˌɪntərˈnæʃʌnl fəˈnetɪk əˌsoʊsiːˈeɪʃən
ˈɔːlsoʊ əˈbriːviːeɪtɪd (IPA)/

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I. Using phonetizer. 5 points
Using phonetizer (https://www.phonetizer.com/ui), transcribe the first four lines of
your favorite song, book or poem.

/aɪ wəz (listenin') tə ðiː ˈəʊʃən aɪ sɔː ə feɪs ɪn ðə sænd bʌt wen aɪ pɪkt ɪt ʌp

ðen ɪt ˈvænɪʃt əˈweɪ frɒm maɪ hændz (dah)/