Segmental Features Assignment: Phonetics & Phonology

Task 2 – Segmental Features
Student name
Sara Sharly Motivar Sierra
Group: 45
Platform tutor
Marisabel Melendrez Romero
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD
Ciencias de la Educación
Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras con Énfasis en inglés
September 29, 2024
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Activity guide and evaluation rubric – Unit 1 –
Task 2 – Segmental features
Workshop 1 - Segmental - Practical Exercises
1. According to the IPA chart shared by your tutor into the forum, please
provide the name of the manner and the place of articulation of each
Phoneme.
Table 1
Table to place manner and place of articulation of each phoneme.
1. Phoneme
/j/
/v/
/ ð/
/b/
/r/
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
2. Manner
Approximant
fricative
Fricative
plosive
Approximant
3. Place
Palatal
Labiodental
dental
bilabial
alveolar
Note. Use the table to place the manner and places of articulation of the given
phonemes.
2. According to Chapter 3, page 25, name the tongue position for each
vowel. The first one is done for you:
Table 2
Chart to place the tongue position of each vowel
1. Phoneme
a) /æ/
b) /ɪ /
c) /ɛ:/
d) /ɔ:/
e) /a:/
2. Tongue position
Low
front
front
back
low
Note: Use the table to specify the tongue position of each phoneme.
3. Write into phonetic transcription the following words, remember to write
each word in slashes (//).
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The first one is done for you.
Table 3
Chart to place the example words using only phonetic symbols.
1. Word
English
Attachment
2. Symbols of the consonant sounds
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
/əˈtætʃmənt/
/ˈwɪspər/
/trænˈzɪʃən/
/ˈθɜːrzdeɪ/
Whisper
Transition
Thursday
Note. Use the table to place write the words using phonetic symbols
4. Classify the following words according to the place of articulation of the
letter in bold in the box below. Consider that each word has its own Place of
articulation.
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The first one is done for you.
Table 4
Sample words to develop step four.
Read – This – Tomato – Vowel – Cheese -Kill –Pineapple -Year -hospital
Note. This chart contains the sample words you must classify according to their place of
articulation.
Table 5
Table to classify the sample words according to the place of articulation.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Bilabial
Dental
Labio-dental
Alveolar
Velar
Palatal
Palate-alveolar
Glottal
Retroflex
Pineapple
This
Vowel
Tomato
Kill
year
Cheese
Hospital
Read
Note. This chart has the places of articulation you must consider to classify the example
words.
5. Write a word that includes each symbol.
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The first one is done for you.
Table 6
Chart to place example words according to the given symbols.
1. Symbol
a)
/ʃ/
2. Word
show
b)
/ʒ/
vision
c)
/dʒ/
Jump
d)
/g/
Go
e)
/l/
Love
Note. This chart with phonetic symbols is for you to set an example word per phoneme.
6. Transcribe from regular English letters (graphemes) to IPA symbols
(phonemes) the following statements. Please write each word in slashes
example /word/
Statement #1: “The universe is composed not only by all that we can see and know but
also by other elements that are still unknown.”
Transcription:
/ði/ /ˈjunəˌvɜrs/ /ɪz/ /kəmˈpoʊzd/ /nɒt/ /ˈoʊnli/ /baɪ/ /ɔːl/ /ðæt/ /wiː/ /kæn/ /siː/ /ænd/
/noʊ/ /bʌt/ /ˈɔːlsəʊ/ /baɪ/ /ˈʌðər/ /ˈɛləmənts/ /ðæt/ /ɑːr/ /stɪl/ /ʌnˈnoʊn/
7. Write a word that includes each diphthong.
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The first one is done for you.
Table 7
Chart to place example words according to the given symbols.
1.
Symbol
2.
Word
a)
/aɪ/
Cry
b)
c)
d)
/ʊə/
/əʊ/
/ɔɪ/
Sure
Go
Boy
e)
/ ɪə/
Beer
Note. This chart with diphthongs is for you to set an example word per each one.
8. As you already know consonant and vowel symbols, transcribe from
IPA alphabet to regular English letters the following text:
/ɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪz ˈaʊər ˈpæˌspɔrt tu ˈfjuʧər; təˈmɑˌroʊ bɪˈlɔŋz ˈoʊnli tu: ði ˈpipəl hu
priˈpɛr fɔr ɪt təˈdeɪ/
Transcription:
Education is our passport to the future; tomorrow belongs only to the people who
prepare for it today.
bibliographic references
Iyabode, O. D. (2011). Chapter Two: The Mechanism of Speech Sounds. In
Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 5-12). Cambridge
Scholars Publishing. https://research-ebscocom.bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/linkprocessor/plink?id=33155712-6b243417-ac55-21e1fd0be55d
Murcia, Y. (2022). Articulatory Sound System. [Objeto_virtual_de_aprendizaje_OVA].
Repositorio Institucional UNAD.
https://repository.unad.edu.co/handle/10596/49860