Phonetics and phonology Vowels: Diphthongs Talib M. Sharif Omer Assistant lecturer Email: Talib.omer@soran.edu.iq October 29, 2015
Quiz -A A: Find out the phonetic symbol for the first sound in each of the following words: 1.This , 2.Usual, 3.Church, 4.Thousand , 5.she, 6.Knee, 7. Hear, 8- genre 9-whiffy 10-judge
Quiz-B B-Find the phonetic symbol for the last sound in each of the following words. 1- hash 2-plough 3- movie 4- Health 5-Dog 6- Ache 7- dye, 8-profiling 9-failure 10- of
Vowels Diphthongs Transcriptions Activities Contents Vowels Diphthongs Transcriptions Activities
Diphthongs Diphthongs Diphthongs are produced as the result of a glide from one vowel to another within a single syllable. For example, the diphthong in communicate has a phonemic symbol /e/ to /i/. This represent of vowel movement. So diphthongs are considered a combination of two short single vowels
/ai/ advice, guide , foresight, like
/ei/ advocate liberation, game, play, bathe.
/au/ About round Accountants bow,
/ou/ or / /əu/ Post Hope Show No clothe
/oi / Enjoy soil coin boy
/iə/ near here dear
/ eə/ There hair where
/uə/ tourist tour cure
Activity 2: /ei/ flight, play, fly, flow. Write the most correct word for the given sound. /ai/ April, advice, aim, arm /ei/ flight, play, fly, flow. /au/ hope, night, height, now. /ou/ or / /əu/ enjoy, either, explain, soil, hope. /oi/ oil, envelope, aim, column , annoy /iə/ clear chair, air, there, / eə/ clear, deer, near, there. /uə/ town, sure, cuisine, rose
Put the following words in the corresponding columns: Activity 3: Put the following words in the corresponding columns: ( ill, eel, kneel, wheel, way, may, skill, since) /I / /I:/
Activity 4: Put the following words in the corresponding columns : (die, dye, , coal, own, down, follow, cry, fly, toy, enjoy, /ai/ /ou/ or / /əu/ /oi/
Activity 4: Transcribe the following words phonetically: Gave, file, grow, robe, oblige , labour modernize plays , edge how, person,
Activity 5 Transcribe the following words into phonetics Pay five Now join Hair pure rate Lake save,
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Reference Roach , Petter(2000) Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. O'Connor, J.D (1980). Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University. Eka, D. (2014) Introduction to phonetics and phonology of English. Nigeria: Nigeria University Press. https://www.google.iq/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=in+phonetics+what+is+meant+by+isolation+sounds
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