Transcription and IPA

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 IPA Symbols
• Stands for International Phonetic Alphabet.
• An alphabetic system of phonetic notations.
• Used to accurately represent the pronunciation of
languages.
• Used in dictionaries to indicate the pronunciation
of words.
• Way of writing down sounds.
Vietor Triangle

Created by
Wilhelm
Vietor
(1850-1918)
Examples of IPA Symbols:
IPA Symbol Word examples
æ Cat, hand, nap, flat, have.

Fun, love, money, one, London,

ʌ
come.

Put, look, should, cook, book,

ʊ
look.

ɒ Rob, top, watch, squat, sausage.

 IPA Symbols
In English, the spelling of the word is not the key in its
pronunciation. The number of sound is more than the letters of the
English alphabet.
For example:
Letter ‘ o ‘ can be pronounced differently in WOMAN, WOMEN,
ORANGE, BOTH, and POEM.

Letter ‘ c ‘ can be variously pronounced in the words CAR, CENT,

CELLO, and SPECIES.
 IPA Symbols
Letter : T
T paired with H T paired with I
Silent: fasten Θ (unvoiced): thanks ʧ (ch): mention
ʧ (ch): future ð (voiced) : this ʃ (sh): motion
t : tap
 IPA Symbols
Makes it easier to study the pronunciation of
foreign languages.

Helps us pronounce words correctly!

 IPA Symbols

Woman = wʊmən Car = kɑr

Women = wɪmɪn Cent = sɛnt
Orange = ˈɔːrange Cello = tʃello
Both = bōth
Species = spiːʃiːes
Poem = pəʊ̯ɪm
 Transcriptions
• The representation of speech sounds by
means of phonetic symbols.
• Visual representation of speech sounds.
• It is the systematic representation of
language in written form.
• The source can either be utterances or
preexisting texts.
Examples of Transcriptions :
 Transcription Guidelines :
1. Use only one symbol for each distinctive sound or phonemic.
Double letters are represented by only one symbol.

For example :

Egg = [ɛɡ]
Press = [pɹɛs]
Pull = [pʊl]
 Transcription Guidelines :
2. Print each symbol: Do not write it in long hand. Write all symbols in small
letter prints. There are no capital letters in transcription.

For example :

Kate = [keɪt]
Princess = [prɪnˈses]
Church = [ tʃɜːrtʃ ]
 Transcription Guidelines :
3. Enclose each phonetics transcriptions in brackets – [ ].

For example :

Kate = [keɪt]
Princess = [prɪnˈses]
Church = [ tʃɜːrtʃ ]
 Transcription Guidelines :
4. Do not transcribe silent letters. Only the distinctive sounds heard are
presented by symbols.

For example :

through = [θɹu]
receipt = [ɹɪˈsiːt]
doubt = [daʊt]
Transcription and IPA :
 QUIZ
1.______ It is the systematic representation of language in written form.
2.______ Stands for International Phonetic Alphabet.
3.
4.
5. Give atleast 4 IPA symbols with an example
6.
7.
8. Give the 2 classes of alphabets
9.______ Who created the Vietor triangle?
10._____ What is the topic that we discussed about?
 ANSWERS:

1. Transcription
2. IPA symbols
3. æ – cat, hat etc.
4. ʌ - Fun, love etc.
5. ʊ - Put, look etc.
6. ɒ - Rob, top etc.
7. Vowel
8. Consonant
9. Wilhelm Vietor
10. Transcription and IPA symbols
THANK YOU!