1. Transcription Practice
Listen to examples, see phoneme inventories, practice transcribing
LING 450 slides by Sharon Hargus and Valerie Freeman

2. American English
Warming up
LING 450 slide by Valerie Freeman

3. English consonants ʔ h p b t d k ɡ m n ŋ ɾ f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʧ ʤ w ɹ j l
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Palatal
Velar
Glottal
Stop
p b
t d
k ɡ ʔ
Nasal m n ŋ
Tap ɾ
Fricative
f v
θ ð
s z
ʃ ʒ h
Affricate
ʧ ʤ
Approximant w ɹ j
Lateral l
Use this slide to do HWː IPA (English consonants – articulation)
LING 450 slide by Richard Wright, Dan McCloy, and Valerie Freeman

4. American English Vowels
Front
Central
Back
[i]
[u]
[ɪ]
[ʊ]
High
[e]
[o]
[ə]
Mid
[ɛ]
[ʌ]
[ɔ]
Low
[æ]
[a]
[ɑ]
LING 450 slide by Richard Wright, Laura McGarrity, and Valerie Freeman

5. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 1
‘azure’
[æˈʒuɹ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

6. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 2
‘city’
[ˈsɪɾi]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

7. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 3
‘gin’
[ˈdʒɪn]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

8. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 4
‘hang’
[ˈhɛŋ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

9. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 5
‘kite’
[ˈkʰaɪt]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

10. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 6
‘length’
[ˈlɛŋkθ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

11. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 7
‘rye’
[ˈɹaɪ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

12. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 8
‘shy’
[ˈʃaɪ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

13. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 9
‘thigh’
[ˈθaɪ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

14. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 10
‘thy’
[ˈðaɪ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

15. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 11
‘above’
[əˈbʌv]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

16. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 12
‘bad’
[ˈbæd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

17. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 13
‘bade/bayed’
[ˈbeɪd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

18. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 14
‘bead’
[ˈbid]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

19. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 15
‘bed’
[ˈbɛd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

20. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 16
‘bid’
[ˈbɪd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

21. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 17
‘bird’
[ˈbɹ̩d]/ [ˈbɝd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

22. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 18
‘bode/bowed’
[ˈboʊd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

23. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 19
‘booed’
[ˈbud]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

24. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 20
‘bough/bow’
[ˈbaʊ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

25. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 21
‘boy’
[ˈbɔɪ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

26. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 22
‘bud’
[ˈbʌd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

27. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 23
‘buy/bye/by’
[ˈbaɪ]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

28. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 24
‘good’
[ˈɡʊd]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

29. English transcription practice: Consonants & Vowels 25
‘pod/pawed’
[ˈpʰad]
LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause

30. English transcription KEY: Consonants & Vowels
‘azure’ [æˈʒuɹ]
‘length’ [ˈlɛŋkθ]
‘city’ [ˈsɪɾi]
‘rye’ [ˈɹaɪ]
‘gin’ [ˈdʒɪn]
‘shy’ [ˈʃaɪ]
‘hang’ [ˈhɛŋ]
‘thigh’ [ˈθaɪ]
‘kite’ [ˈkʰaɪt]
‘thy’ [ˈðaɪ]
LING 450 slide by Valerie Freeman

31. English transcription KEY: Vowel Contrasts
‘above’ [əˈbʌv]
‘booed’ [ˈbud]
‘bad’ [ˈbæd]
‘bough/bow’ [ˈbaʊ]
‘bade/bayed’ [ˈbeɪd]
‘boy’ [ˈbɔɪ]
‘bead’ [ˈbid]
‘bud’ [ˈbʌd]
‘bed’ [ˈbɛd]
‘buy/bye/by’ [ˈbaɪ]
‘bid’ [ˈbɪd]
‘good’ [ˈɡʊd]
‘bird’ [ˈbɹ̩d]/ [ˈbɝd]
‘pod/pawed’ [ˈpʰad]
‘bode/bowed’ [ˈboʊd]
LING 450 slide by Valerie Freeman