Theoretical phonetics. Study guide for second year students. Борискина О.О - 23 стр.

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Answers: 1./e/ 2./ay/ 3./aw/ 4./ɔy/ 5./i/ 6./ay/ 7./æ/ 8./a/ 9./aw/ 10/ə/ 11./ɔy/
12./u/ 13./ɔ/

Question 1: What articulatory features do the vowels /iy/, /ey/, /ow/, /uw/ share?
Question 2: For the examples in this exercise and for the tense vowels, how is
the feature of movement captured by the Alternative IPA symbols?

Exercise III-G
Note: a fronting diphthong glides towards the tongue position at the end of /iy/,
the highest front vowel; a retracting diphthong glides towards the tongue
position at the end of /uw/, the highest back vowel.
For each item, you will hear an articulatory description. Fill in the blank in the
transcription with the appropriate vocalic symbol, using Alternative IPA and
then translate the word.
Example 1: /lαks/ locks or lox                Example 2: /luwks/ Luke’s

1. [l ks] _________             6. [ʧ k] _________
2. [sl p] _________             7. [ʧ k] _________
3. [b k] _________              8. [s ] _________
4. [b k] _________              9. [g t] _________
5. [sl p] _________             10. [r f] ________
Answers: 1. /u/ looks 2. /i/ slip 3. /æ/ back 4. /ay/ bike 5. /iy/ sleep
6. /e/ check 7./ɔ/ chalk 8. /aw/ south 9. /ow/ goat 10. /ə/ rough

Exercise III-H
Listen to the vowel phonemes on the tape and fill in the missing feature in the
articulatory description.
Example 1: low back fronting diphthong
Example 2: low central vowel

1. high ________ tense vowel                 7.mid_________lax vowel
2.mid front ________vowel                    8.mid _________ tense vowel
3.________front tense vowel                  9._________ front vowel
4. high ________ tense vowel                 10.________back lax vowel
5.________central retracting diphthong       11.low central ________ diphthong
6. high front_________ vowel

Answers: 1. front 2. lax 3. mid 4. back 5. low 6. lax 7. central 8. back
9. low 10. high 11. fronting