Describing Varieties: Sounds

Question 1

quota, visa,

Answer 1

commA /ə/

Question 2

grace, play, made

Answer 2

FACE /ei/

Question 3

gore, poor, floor

Answer 3

FORCE /ɔ:/ - longer o sound with less r

Question 4

net, lead, best

Answer 4

DRESS /e/

Question 5

flow, moat, so

Answer 5

GOAT /əʊ/

Question 6

nib, kitten, bib

Answer 6

KIT /I/

Question 7

need, treat, flee

Answer 7

FLEECE /i:/

Question 8

boy, troy, deplOY

Answer 8

CHOICE /ɔɪ/

Question 9

Tom, kot, rob

Answer 9

LOT /ɒ/

Question 10

alOUd, meow, cow

Answer 10

MOUTH /aʊ/

Question 11

laugh, giraffe, staff, dance,

Answer 11

BATH /a:/ - short vowel in northern dialects

Question 12

gone, cough, long

Answer 12

CLOTH /ɒ/- with a ‘g’ or stop sound afterwards nasally

Question 13

for, york storm

Answer 13

NORTH /ɔ:/ - more r less o

Question 14

club, come, rub, bum, up, love

Answer 14

STRUT /ʌ/ - said with a u in northern dialects

Question 15

bad, ham, clamp, cab

Answer 15

TRAP /a/ - southerners would say a:

Question 16

poo, flew, grew

Answer 16

GOOSE /u:/

Question 17

bought, caught, hawk, broad

Answer 17

THOUGHT /ɔ:/

Question 18

calm, bra. blaa

Answer 18

PALM /a:/ - like this everywhere - more AAAH

Question 19

air, care, stare, bear

Answer 19

SQUARE /ɛə/

Question 20

cry, sky, buy, pie

Answer 20

PRICE /ai/

Question 21

farm, sharp, shark, bark

Answer 21

START /a:/ - more ARRRRR

Question 22

paper, wetter, letter, darker

Answer 22

lettER /ə/

Question 23

bush, push, look, good

Answer 23

FOOT /ʊ/

Question 24

crappy, copy, money.

Answer 24

happY /i:/ - sound at end of words

Question 25

hear, fear, clear, weird, fierce

Answer 25

NEAR /iə/

Question 26

bird, curd, turn

Answer 26

NURSE /3:/

Question 27

tour, pure, goore

Answer 27

CURE /ʊə/

Question 28

Describe an Accent…

Answer 28

pronunciation i.e. phonological features of a variety

Question 29

Describe Dialect…

Answer 29

Types and meanings of words available and the range of grammatical patterns (morphology, syntax, lexis, semantics. . . ) Can refer to pronunciation

Question 30

What do Lexical Sets do?

Answer 30

Tells us that the vowels involved behave in the same way

Question 31

What do they not do?

Answer 31

The lexical sets don’t tell us how the words in each class are pronounced (or should be pronounced)
Pronunciation varies across dialects.

Question 32

What did Trudgill look at?

Answer 32

CURE (few)
STRUT (up)
FACE (made)
happY (very)
/r/ in (cars)
pronunciation of /h/ - (hill)
/ng/ consonant clusters