1. Introduction To Linguistics مقدمه في اللغويات التطبيقيه
Lecture 5
Eng 250
Instructor: Dr. Ghassan M Nayfi
King Faisal University
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2. Introduction to Linguistics Eng 250 مقدمه في اللغويات التطبيقيه
Lecture 5
Introduction to Linguistics
Eng 250
مقدمه في اللغويات التطبيقيه

3. The Sounds of Language Part 3
I. Voiceless sounds
II. Voiced sounds
III. Study Questions
1.The Difference between Acoustics and articulatory phonetics
2. Identifying manner of articulation of the initial sounds
3. Identifying place of articulation of the initial sounds
4. Writing the English words as they are transcribed
5. Writing the basic phonetic transcription of English words
IV. Sample Questions

4. 1. Voiceless Sounds 1. Voiceless sounds - [p] pen open help
- [f] feel refill self
- [θ] thought author health
- [t] table stop seat
- [s] Sunday resize house
- [∫] sure discussion brush
- [ʧ] chair recharge speech
- [k] cure recognize leak
- [h] hand behind Allah

5. 2. Voiced Sounds
- [b] book rebuild club - [m] male smile team - [w] wall unwilling how - [v] voice adventure leave - [ð] there mother - [d] danger understand load - [z] zero razor thesis - [n] north author south - [l] land selfishness role - [r] round surround fou(r) - [g] gap geography mug - [ʒ] pleasure measure treasure - [ʤ] gist adjust language - [ŋ] ceiling English understanding - [j] you royal toy -

6. III. Study Questions
1. The Difference between Acoustics and articulatory phonetics Acoustic phonetics: The study which deals with the physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air. Articulatory phonetics: The study of how speech sounds are made, or articulated 2. Which of the following words normally end with voiceless ( -V ) sounds and which end with voiced (+V ) sounds (a) bang +v (d) fizz +v (g) splat -v (b) crash -v (e) rap -v (h) thud +v (c) ding +v (f) smack -v (i) wham +v

7. III. Study Questions 3. Try to pronounce the initial sounds of the following words and identify the place of articulation of each.
Place of articulation
Pronunciation of the initial sound
Words No
Velar
[k]
Calf 1
Palatal
[ ʧ ]
Chin 2
Labiodentals
[f]
Foot 3
[g]
Groin 4
Glottal
[h]
Hand 5
Alveolar
[n]
Knee 6
Bilabial
[m]
Mouth 7
[p]
Pelvis 8
]∫[
Shoulder 9
[s]
Stomach 10
Dental
[θ]
thigh 11
alveolar
[t]
Toe 12

8. III. Study Questions
4. Identify the manner of articulation of the initial sounds in the following words .
Manner of articulation
Pronunciation of the initial sound
Words No
Affricates
[ʧ ]
Cheery 1
Stops
[k]
Crazy 2
[d]
Dizzy 3
Fricatives
[f]
Funny 4
[ʤ]
Jolly 5
Liquid
[l]
Loony 6
Nasal
[m]
Merry 7
Fricative
[s]
Silly 8
Glide
[w]
Wimpy 9

9. III. Study Questions 5 Write the English words that the following transcriptions refer to
The same
English words
Transcribed Words No
bike
[ baik ] 1
could
[kƆd] 2
enjoy
[ƏnʤƆI] 3
face
[ feis] 4
house
[haƱs] 5
hoping
[hoƱpIŋ] 6
who
[hu] 7
home
[hoƱm] 8
main
[maIn] 9
Cue
[kju] 10
chip
[ ʧ ip ] 11
the
[ðƏ] 12

10. III. Study Questions 6. Using symbols introduced in this chapter, write the basic phonetic transcription
The same
English words
Transcribed Words No
bike
[ baik ] 1
could
[kƆd] 2
enjoy
[ƏnʤƆI] 3
face
[ feis] 4
house
[haƱs] 5
hoping
[hoƱpIŋ] 6
who
[hu] 7
home
[hoƱm] 8
main
[maIn] 9
Cue
[kju] 10
chip
[ʧip ] 11
the
[ðƏ] 12

11. III. Study Questions 7. Using symbols introduced in this chapter, write the basic phonetic transcription
The same
Transcription phonetic
English words No
[Kæʧ]
catch 1
[daƱt]
doubt 2
gem
[ʤem] 3
[meʒƏ(r)]
measure 4
[nƆIz]
noise 5
[fƏƱn]
phone 6
] aI∫ [
shy 7
[ði:s]
these 8
[θƆ:t]
thought 9
f]8 [t
tough 10
[wƏd]
would 11
[rIŋ]
wring 12

12. IV. Sample Questions
The only voiceless sound from the following is___________
A. [e] B. [d]
C. [h] D. [g]
2. The word “ ____________” begins with a palatal sound.
A. soft B. sure
C. suspect D. silent
3. All of the following consonant sounds are nasals except “ __________”
A. [r] B. [m]
C. [n] D. [ŋ]
4. The first consonant sound in the word “ __________” is labiodentals.
A. going B. thigh
C. shoulder D. football

13. IV. Sample Questions 5. “ ___________” is glottal sound.
A. [e] B. [d]
C. [h] D. [g]
6. The word “ ____________” ends with a liquid sound.
A. steam B. general
C. suspect D. big
7. “[daƱt] is the phonetic transcription of the word” ___________”
A. doubt B. date
C. dowt D. diet
8. The phonetic transcription “ ________” refers to the word “ face” .
A. [fais] B. [fi:s]
C. [ies] D. [feis]
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