could you transcribe the word, please
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COULD YOU TRANSCRIBE THE WORD, PLEASE. Eha Mängel Tallinn University Language Centre. Transcription signs . Short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ, ə, (i, u) Long vowels: i:, ɑ:, ɔ:, u:, ɜ: Diphthongs: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ, ɪə, eə, (ʊə) Consonants (voiceless): k, p, t, s, ʃ, f, θ , ʧ - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
COULD YOU TRANSCRIBE THE WORD, PLEASE.
Eha MängelTallinn University Language Centre
Short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ, ə, (i, u)
Long vowels: i:, ɑ:, ɔ:, u:, ɜ:
Diphthongs: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ, ɪə, eə, (ʊə)
Consonants (voiceless): k, p, t, s, ʃ, f, θ, ʧ
(voiced): g, b, d, z, ʒ, v, ð, ʤ j, w, m, n, ŋ, l, r, h
Transcription signs
1 No connection between the signs
2 No capital signs
3 No double consonants
Three NOs
The ghost of ancient sights haunts the lonely stroller
ðə gəʊst əv eɪnʃənt saɪts hɔ:nts ðə ləʊnli strəʊlə
Vowels /ɪ/ women /wɪmɪn/ busy /bɪzi/ /e/ bury /beri/ says/said /sez/ /sed/
Often occurring mistakes
breath /breθ/ BUT: to breathe /bri:ð/ leisure /leʒə/ US /li:ʒə/ jeopardy /ʤepədi/ heifer /hefə/
/ʌ/ blood / flood /blʌd/ /flʌd/ onion /ʌnjən/ among /ə’mʌŋ/ ton / won /tʌn/ /wʌn/ southern /sʌð(ə)n/
twopence /tʌpən(t)s/ threepence /θrʌpən(t)s/ / ɑ: / clerk /klɑ:k/ sergeant /sɑ:ʤənt/ aunt /ɑ:nt/
/ɒ/ knowledge /nɒlɪʤ/ /nɒləʤ/ bureaucracy /bjʊə’rɒkrəsi/ swan /swɒn/ Swan swam over the sea- Swim swan, swim; Swan swam back again- Well swum swan. yacht /jɒt/
/ɔ:/ poor, sure,tour /pɔ:/ /ʃɔ:/ /tɔ:/ Baltic /bɔ:ltɪk/ chalk, talk, walk /ʧɔ:k/ /tɔ:k/ /wɔ:k/ autumn /ɔ:təm/ sward /sɔ:d/
/u:/ tomb, womb /tu:m/ /wu:m/ blue, glue /blu:/ /glu:/ suit, juice, cruise, bruise /su:t/ /ʤu:s/ /kru:z/ /bru:z/
/ɜ:/ journey /ʤɜ:ni/ colonel /kɜ:nəl/
/eə/ and /ɪə/ hair - here, hear dare - dear,deer bear - beer chair - cheer air - ear Clare- clear fair - fear stare- steer rare - rear spare - spear pear - pier rarely - really
Diphthongs
Silent letters /p/ and /b/ cupboard, comb, bomb, climb, doubt, debt /kʌbəd//kəʊm//kəʊm//klаɪm//dаʊt//det/ psychology, psalm, pseudo, psychi/psycho /sаɪ’kɒləʤi/ /sɑ:m/ /sju:dəʊ/ /saɪki/saɪkəʊ/ /t/ and /d/ castle, hasten, Christmas, mustn’t,
handsome /kɑ:sl/ /heɪsn/ /krɪsməs/ /mʌsnt//hænsəm/
Consonants
/h/ honour, heir, exhaust, exhibit, vehicle /ɒnɪst//eə//ɪg’zɔ:st//ɪg’zɪbɪt//vi:əkl//vɪəkl/
/l/ salmon /sæmən/
CHIN GIN RICH RIDGECHEER JEER SEARCH SURGECHOKE JOKE H AGECHAIN JANE LARCH LARGE
Look out! He’s choking/joking.The audience cheered/jeered at her speech.It’s not a little fir tree, It’s a larch/large tree.What happened to your chin/gin
/ʧ/ or /ʤ/
Ian /i:ən/ Sean /ʃɔ:n/ Seamus /ʃeməs/ Sinead /ʃɪ’neɪd/ Scylla /sɪlə/
First names
Scythia /sɪðiə/ Deirdre /dɪədri/ Isla /аɪlə/
Cholomondeley /ʧʌmli/ Colquhoun /kə’hu:n/ Dalziel /di:’el/ or /dælzi:l/ Featherstonehawe /fænʃɔ:/ or /feðəst(ə)nhɔ:/ Quesnel /keɪn(ə)l/
Family names
Marylabone /mɑ:lɪbə(ʊ)n/ or /mær(ə)ləbən/ Grosvenor /grəʊvnə/ Alnwick /ænɪk/ Leicester /lestə/ Gloucester /glɒstə/
Placenames
Worcester /wʊstə/ Cirencester /sɪsɪtə/ or /saɪər(ə)nsestə/ Woolfardisworthy /wʊlz(ə)ri/ or /fʊlfɑ:dɪswɜ:ði/ Tucson /tu:sɒn/ Arkansas /ɑ:kənsɔ:/ BUT: river /ɑ:’kænzəs/
Vowel diagraphs In strong syllables AE (BrE) E (in US) aesthetic esthetic i:s’θetɪk es’θetɪk Caesar si:zə si:zə When followed by /r/ aeroplane eərəpleɪn erəpleɪn
How to pronounce certain letter combinations
gynaecology gynecology gaɪnə’kɒləʤi gaɪnə’kɑ:ləʤi Transcribe the following words: aether/(US)ether, aery, aestival/(US)estival i:θə eəri/eri/eɪəri i:s’tаɪvəl/ ‘estəvəl
In weak syllables
Oedipus, oesophagus, oecumenic i:dɪpəs/edɪpəs, i:’sɒfəgəs/ɪ’sɑ:fəgəs,
i:kjʊ’menɪk/ ekjə’menɪk
OE in US also E
Ɵæŋk ju: !