Phonological interference Flashcards
what type of vowels are /i:/ and /I/ (tea and tin) in English and /i:/ (Lied) and /I/ (ich) in German?
front high unrounded vowels
what type of vowel is /backwards3/ (let) in English and /e:/ (zehn) and /backwards3/ (Bett) in German?
mid front unrounded vowel
what type of vowel is /æ/ (bat) and does the German phonetic inventory include it?
front low unrounded, No
what type of vowel is /schwa/ (bettER) or /schwa/ (bittE)
mid central unrounded
what type of vowel is /3:/ (bird) and /^/ and (bUt) and is it included in the german phonetic inventory ?
central mid unrounded vowel, and no
what type of vowel is /a:/ (Zahn) and /a/ (Mann) and are they included in the English phonetic inventory?
low central unrounded
what type of vowels are /u:/ (boot) or (Schuh) and /horseshoe/ (put) or (Busch) ?
High back rounded
what type of vowels are /backwards c:/ (Cord), /o:/ (Sohn) and /backwards c/ (Topf)
mid back rounded
which vowels are diphthongs in RP
/e:/ and /o:/ become /backwards3I/ and /schwa horseshoe/
what is a phonemic difference?
When there is a gap in the phonemic inventory and the sound doesn’t exist in the language
what is an allophonic difference ?
They have the same allophone but there is a slight difference
what is the common error caused by not writing e.g Hund with a [t] described as?
Phonological rule error caused by not applying the syllable-final devoicing rule
what can happen if English speakers don’t pronounce /ch/ correctly
Even if the phoneme is acquired by a learner the allophonic distribution may be incorrect ([x] auch, [ç] nicht
what are the different pronunciation rules of <ch></ch>
after front vowels [ç] is used (e.g ich, Pech)
after consonants [ç] is also used (Milch)
elsewhere [x] is used (Buch, Dach)
which words have initial primary stress ?
most native german words
