Phonetics Notes PDF

TRANSCRIPTION You will be given words in English orthography and asked to transcribe the words into IPA. Example: shape = [ʃep] 1. rip [rɪp] 2. creep [krip] 3. step [stɛp] 4. chap [ʧæp] 14 3. TRANSCRIPTION How about some harder words? 1. cabs [kæbz] 2. kissed [kɪst] 3. rough [rʌf] 15...

TRANSCRIPTION You will be given words in English orthography and asked to transcribe the words into IPA. Example: shape = [ʃep] 1. rip [rɪp] 2. creep [krip] 3. step [stɛp] 4. chap [ʧæp] 14 3. TRANSCRIPTION How about some harder words? 1. cabs [kæbz] 2. kissed [kɪst] 3. rough [rʌf] 15 TRANSCRIPTION 1) Regular transcription: ‘bean’ à [bin] 2) Reverse transcription: [bin] à ‘bean’ TRANSCRIPTION Potential Stumbling Blocks — Sometimes there are MORE sounds in a word than there are letters in the English spelling: — spinal [spajnəl] — Other times, there are far fewer sounds than there are letters: — through [θru] — The same letters can be used to represent different sounds: — misses [mɪsɪz] — The same sound can be represented by different letters: — tracked [trækt] 17 TRANSCRIPTION