Phonetics - Phonetic Transcription

Question 1

Phonemic Transcription

Answer 1

• enclosed in slack brackets / /
• abstract representation of the phonemes in an intended utterance
• does not capture allophonic detail
• aka broad transcription, has primarily base symbols and few diacritics

Question 2

Phonetic Transcription

Answer 2

• enclosed in square brackets []
• used when listeners are transcribing actual productions of a speaker

-aka narrow transcription, diacritics are used in addition to base symbols

• degree of detail included depends on purpose of transcription

Question 3

Systematic Transcription

Answer 3

• used when a sound system of the language is known

can be phonemic or phonetic/allophonic

Question 4

Impressionistic Transcription

Answer 4

-used when a sound system is unknown, as in transcribing an unknown language

• must be phonetic