Phonetics Review Flashcards
/i/
he, release, keep, ceiling, anemic
/ɪ/
pit, bin, fill, will, village, bullet
/e/
locate, decade, phonate, operate (when stressed transcribe as /eɪ/)
/ɛ/
spell, friend, head, regret, elder, set, bed, get
/æ/
cat, bad, sad, sand, land, hand
/ə/
syllable, about, contain, suppose (unstressed syllables)
/ʌ/
hut, abundant, but, come, glove, some, gun (Monosyllabic words and stressed syllables)
/ɚ/
mister, standard, editor, over, perhaps, dresser (Unstressed syllables)
/ɝ/
further, thirsy, fur, percolate (Monosyllabic words and stressed syllables)
/u/
you, who, chew, shoe, cool, tool
/ʊ/
put, full, good, wood, could
/o/
rotation, home, quiero (When stressed transcribe as /oʊ/
/a/
bra, calm, palm, father, start, dark
/aɪ/
eye, ice, sigh, bicycle
/ɔɪ/
boy, oil, spoil, destroy
/aʊ/
how, cow, tower, aloud, doubt
/eɪ/
hay, eight, may, sailor, straight
/oʊ/
boat, no, loan, toaster, mold (Used in the final open syllable)
/ʍ/
which
/w/
when, weed, quick, away, penguin, twins
/ɵ/
think, thick, theory, bathroom
/ð/
this, feather, bathing, bathe, smooth, wither
/ɹ/
rope, baron, far, Riley, rap
/l/
clipboard, leash, lick, bottle, mortal, curl, cable
/ʃ/
ship, ashes
/ʒ/
measure, beige
/ʤ/
jump, badger
/ʧ/
kitchen
/j/
yellow, onion
/ŋ/
swimming, being
/ʔ/
glottal stop, mountain, kitten, button
Definition of syllable reduction/weak syllable deletion/unstressed syllable deletion
Deletion of typically the unstressed syllable
Example of syllable reduction/weak syllable deletion
“pajamas” –>[ dʒæməz]
“banana” –> [nænə]
Definition of cluster reduction/simplification
Simplification of clusters to one- or two- element clusters
Example of cluster reduction/simplification
“street” –>[trit] or [tit]
“blue” –> [bu]
Definition of initial consonant deletion
Deletion of the first consonant of a word
Example of initial consonant deletion
“cow” –>[ɑʊ]
Definition of medial consonant deletion
Deletion of the middle consonant in a word
Example of medial consonant deletion
“rabbit” –> [ɹæ.ɪt]
Definition of final consonant deletion
Deletion of the final consonant of a word
Example of final consonant deletion
“dog”–> [dɑ]
Definition of reduplication
Second syllable becomes a repetition of the first, thus simplifying the structure of the word
Example of reduplication
“water” –> [wɑwɑ]
Partial reduplication
“water”–> [wɑwi]
Definition of epenthesis
A neutral vowel is inserted between two segments so the word sounds as if it has an extra syllable
Example of epenthesis
“spoon” /spun/–> [s pun]
“plate” /pleɪt/ –> [pəleɪt]