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MAELT
Phonetics and Phonology (Eng507)Fall 2019
Assignment No. 2
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 16-28Instructions:
• Upload your assignments in a proper format, i.e. MS word file. Corrupt files will be awarded zero marks.
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• Please avoid plagiarism; plagiarized work will be marked zero.
• After the due date, the assignments submitted via email would not be entertained.
• Please avoid submitting copied assignments; otherwise, such a case would be referred to the discipline committee.
• The font color should be preferably black and font size 12 Times New Roman.Q1. In order to classify vowels (independent of the vowel system of a particular language), the English phonetician Daniel Jones introduced a system in the early 20th century and worked out on a set of vowels called the “cardinal vowels” comprising eight vowels to be used as reference points. Read further about the cardinal vowels and explain in what ways they are useful for the phoneticians. Also, draw the figure for the primary cardinal vowel system. (7+3=10 Marks)
Q2. If we mention about the stress within a word i.e. ‘Lexical Stress’, we define the term ‘stress’ as syllable prominence (Ball and Rahilly, 1999:105). You are required to read the statements given in the table, identify the category and mark the stressed syllable in capital letters of the underlined words in the respective columns. (5+5=10 Marks)
Sr. Sentence Word Category Capitalize the stressed syllable 1. His bike is his only means of transport. Noun TRANSport 2. The country’s exports are highly valued in the international market. 3. The general orders and soldiers obey. 4. Just leave everything to me. 5. “What’s the damage?” he asked the waiter. 6. Each of the four parts of an IP address can have from one to three digits.
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MAELT
Phonetics and Phonology (Eng507)Fall 2019
Assignment No. 1
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 1-12Instructions:
• Upload your assignments in a proper format, i.e. MS word file. Corrupt files will be awarded zero marks.
• The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
• Please avoid plagiarism; plagiarized work will be marked zero.
• After the due date, the assignments submitted via email would not be entertained.
• Please avoid submitting copied assignments; otherwise, such a case would be referred to the discipline committee.
• The font color should be preferably black and font size 12 Times New Roman.Q1a. A phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of sound (therefore, a smallest unit in phonology) in a language. Phoneme is also described as a group of sounds having the ability to change meaning. Write down the phonemic transcription of the following words in RP; also identify and write the number of phonemes each word carries.
Sr. Words Phonemic Transcription in RP Number of Phonemes 1 Six 2 Scissosrs 3 LambQ1b. Bear and bare are spelt differently but pronounced the same, ‘beǝ’ in Received Pronunciation (RP). Make a list of four other pairs of words which are spelt differently but pronounced in the same way. (6+4=10 Marks)
Q2. ‘θ’ and ‘ð’ are the confusing fricatives for English language learners. Transcribe the following words by identifying the correct fricative phoneme in each word.
Sr. Words Transcription 1 breathe 2 healthy 3 bathe 4 clothe 5 teeth 6 loathe 7 smooth 8 earthy 9 loath 10 wreath(1*10=10 Marks)
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Dear Students,
Graded Discussion Board for Eng507 will be opened from July 30-31, 2019.
You can express your view on any one of the following topics:
Read the following poem and reflect upon the different instances of the pronunciations NOT complying with the spellings and then share your ideas on the topic that follows the poem.
The Chaos
I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, lough and through?
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird,
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead -
For goodness sake don’t call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother,
And here is not a match for there
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear,
And then there’s dose and rose and lose -
Just look them up - and goose and choose,
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword,
And do and go and thwart and cart -
Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Man alive!
I’d mastered it when I was five!
(Gerard Nolst Trenité, 1922)
How far do you agree with Gerard Nolst Trenité? Share similar instances from your experience of learning English.
OR
The students of phonetics and phonology (P&P) have different opinions about the subject; some find it interesting to deal with the sounds of the words while others may find it quite boring. Being a student of P&P, do you find the course interesting in comparison with the other courses you are currently studying?
Write your own views about any one of the given topics. Your comments should NOT exceed 150-200 words.
Read the following instructions carefully before posting your comments:
GDB carries 3% weightage in your final assessment.
Your comments should be clear, concise, and relevant to the topic.
Creative and original ideas written in correct English will be highly appreciated.
Any queries related to Graded Discussion Board (GDB) will not be entertained on the regular MDB.
For questions or queries related to the topic, you may send email to [email protected].
Do not send your comments via e-mail or regular MDB. The comments posted on the regular MDB will not be graded.
Do not post your comments twice.
No marks will be awarded for plagiarism.All the best,
ENG507
SOLVED ENG507 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion
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MAELT
Phonetics and Phonology (Eng507)Fall 2019
Assignment No. 1
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 1-12Instructions:
• Upload your assignments in a proper format, i.e. MS word file. Corrupt files will be awarded zero marks.
• The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
• Please avoid plagiarism; plagiarized work will be marked zero.
• After the due date, the assignments submitted via email would not be entertained.
• Please avoid submitting copied assignments; otherwise, such a case would be referred to the discipline committee.
• The font color should be preferably black and font size 12 Times New Roman.Q1a. A phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of sound (therefore, a smallest unit in phonology) in a language. Phoneme is also described as a group of sounds having the ability to change meaning. Write down the phonemic transcription of the following words in RP; also identify and write the number of phonemes each word carries.
Sr. Words Phonemic Transcription in RP Number of Phonemes 1 Six 2 Scissosrs 3 Lamb Q1b. Bear and bare are spelt differently but pronounced the same, ‘beǝ’ in Received Pronunciation (RP). Make a list of four other pairs of words which are spelt differently but pronounced in the same way. (6+4=10 Marks)
Q2. ‘θ’ and ‘ð’ are the confusing fricatives for English language learners. Transcribe the following words by identifying the correct fricative phoneme in each word.
Sr. Words Transcription 1 breathe 2 healthy 3 bathe 4 clothe 5 teeth 6 loathe 7 smooth 8 earthy 9 loath 10 wreath (1*10=10 Marks)
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Sr. Words Transcription 1 breathe brið 2 healthy hɛlθi 3 bathe beð 4 clothe kloð 5 teeth tiθ 6 loathe loð 7 smooth smuð 8 earthy ərθi 9 loath loθ 10 wreath riθ -
Sr. Words Phonemic Transcription in RP Number of Phonemes 1 Six Sics 2 2 Scissosrs n/a 0 3 Lamb Lam 2