AI 1.1 Identification of phonemes.
Unit 1 – Exercise 1
Identification. How many phonemes do you think there are in the following words? Diphthongs and triphthongs count as one single phoneme. Listen and count.
| 1. worst | 2. proof | 3. wound | 4. season | 5. added |
| 6. vague | 7. seat | 8. logged | 9. thorough | 10. bomb |
| 1. /wɜ:st/ 4 | 2. /pru:f/ 4 | 3. /wʊnd/ 4 | 4. /ˈsiːzn̩/ 4 or 5 | 5. /ˈӕdɪd/ 4 |
| 6. /veɪg/ 3 | 7. /si:t/ 3 | 8. /lɒgd/ 4 | 9. /ˈɵʌrə/ 4 | 10. /bɒm/ 3 |
AI 1.2. Contrastive distribution of phonemes in R.P.
Unit 4 – Exercise 6
Fricatives. /f v ɵ ᵭ s z ʃ ʒ h/. Listen and repeat each minimal pair.
| 1. | fine, vine | infest, invest | define, divine | half, halve | belief, believe |
| 2. | mouth,mouth(v) | teeth, teethe | sooth, soothe | ||
| 3. | ceasing, seizing | race, rays | sue, zoo | decease, disease | sauce, saws |
| 4. | mesher, measure | dilution, delusion | censer, censure | ||
| 5. | censer, censure | fist, fished | sake, shake | person, Persian | Iris,Irish |
| 6. | fizzy, fishy | cherries, cherish | zone, shown | whizzes, whishes | was, wash |
| 7. | first, thirst | infuse, enthuse | roof, Ruth | fort, thought | |
| 8. | cupboard, covered | curb, curve | banish, vanish | marble, marvel | dub, dove |
AI 1.3. Identification of a short vowel as syllabic nucleus.
Unit 1 – Exercise 3
Production. Short vowels. Read aloud the following words from the transcription; then, listen and repeat again. Provide the spelling.
| 1. /bɪd/ | 2. /gʊd/ | 3. /pӕd/ | 4. /kɒd/ | 5. /gɪv/ |
| 6. /rʌf/ | 7. /hʌt/ | 8. /sed/ | 9. /bʊk/ | 10. /hӕnd/ |
| 1. bid | 2. good | 3. pad | 4. cod | 5. give |
| 6. rough | 7. hut | 8. said | 9. book | 10. hand |
AI 1.4. Syllabic consonants in RP.
Unit 4 – Exercise 22
(syllabic consonants): Listen and repeat the following words which contain syllabic consonants.
| 1. awful | 2. rhythm | 3. cotton | 4. whistle | 5. hospital |
| 6. altruism | 7. London | 8. table | 9. seven | 10. cattle |
AI 1.5. Becoming familiar with the IPA.
Unit 1 – Exercise 7
Identification. Give the phonetic symbol for the initial consonant sound in each of the following words you hear. There are 10.
| 1. /r/ | 2. /s/ | 3. /p/ | 4. /j/ | 5. /w/ |
| 6. /ʤ/ | 7. /k/ | 8. /r/ | 9. /n/ | 10. /z/ |
AI 1.6. An example of broad transcription.
Unit 1 – Exercise 10
ə fəʊn z ə ˈsɪŋɡl̩ fəˈnetɪk seɡˈment vjuːd ɪn tɜːmz əv ɪts fəˈnetɪk ˈkærəktə wɪðˈaʊt rɪˈɡɑːd tu ɪts ˈpɒsəbl̩ ˌfəʊnəˈlɒdʒɪkl̩ ˈsteɪtəs ðə tɜːm fəʊn z rɪˈleɪtɪd tə ˈfəʊniːm ɪn ðə seɪm ˈweɪ mɔːf s rɪˈleɪtɪd tə ˈmɔːfiːm
A phone is a single phonetic segment viewed in terms of its phonetic character without regard to its possible phonological status. The term phone is related to phoneme in the same way morph is related to morpheme.
AI 1.7 The sound systems of RP and PSp
Sound Bank
