Phonetics and Phonology Test A 1. Transcription Total: /100 My dialect of English is rhotic non-rhotic RP-based "Gen Am"-based Transcribe the following text, the opening sentence of Tom Robbins' novel Another Roadside Attraction. The magician's underwear has just been found in a card board suitcase floating in a stagnant pond on the outskirts of Miami. 2. Describing Speech Sounds A) Identify the sound that does not fit into the string and explain why. NB: The length marks for vowels are not given, but we assume that all the sounds represented here are RP. Speech sounds Die A Explanation m 0 p b i e aI eI el IC 1 d r tgr h g ? 3 f x n Z 3 f 0 i o æu /20 /20
B) Transcribe the words in the table below and describe the underlined speech sound. normal script transcription description of the underlined speech sound beech calm log weather houses /10
A CHECK - UP TEST ON ENGLISH PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY Time allotted: 25' Please read the questions and tick the correct answer in your answer sheet (Please do not write anything in this paper) * 1. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following phonetic description :high back rounded lax vowel ? a. [U] b. [ æ] c. [i] d. [o ] Correct answer: a 2. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiceless alveolar-palatal affricate ? a. [ th ] b. [ t ] c. [d] d. [j] Correct answer: b 3. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiceless bilabial stop ? a. [v] Correct answer: d b. [g] c. [o] d. [p ] 4. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : short high front vowel a. [i] Correct answer: a b. [ e ] c. [o] d. [ æ ] 5. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiced interdental fricative [m] b. [v] c. [t] d. [o] Correct answer: d 6. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiced labiodental fricative a. [ v] Correct answer:a b. [ w ] c. [o ] d. [ f] 7. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiced velar nasal ? a. [m] b. [n] c. [ n] d. [r] Correct answer: c 8. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic a. description : long low back vowel [ o:] b. [ a:] c. [ i:] d. [u:] Correct answer: b 9. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in place of articulation from the other segments ? a. [ t, r, d, s ]