sbe vs ga transcription Flashcards

1
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far, start

A

sbe - ɑ:
ga - ɑr

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2
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lot, odd

A

sbe - ɒ
ga - ɑː

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3
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thought, law

A

sbe - ɔː
ga - ɒː / ɔː

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4
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city, better

A

sbe - t
ga - ɾ

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5
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ask, command

A

sbe - ɑː
ga - æ

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6
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In the following words, identify 4 differences you would expect to find between
SBE and GA: X, Y, Z.

A

Cette question requiert une méthode claire et précise. Le jury conseille au candidat de présenter sa réponse en mettant sur une même ligne (sous forme de tableau éventuellement) le mot orthographique (en montrant quel est le
segment différent), puis les deux prononciations (en montrant lequel est SBE).

eg
word sbe ga
slighTest /t/ /ɾ/
slightIst /I/ (?) /ə/
Garage /10/ ; /01/ (stress pattern, diphthongs)

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7
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Rhoticity and rhotacization - /r/

A

postalveolar [ɹ] in SBE, retroflex [ɻ] in GA.

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8
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York /ˈjɔːrk/, door /ˈdɔːr/, far /ˈfɑːr/

A

SBE is non-rhotic (no r in syllable coda), while GA is rhotic

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9
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SBE is non-rhotic (no r in syllable coda), while GA is rhotic: e.g. purpose

A

SBE /ɜː/ is GA /ɝː/

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10
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SBE /ə/ with <r> is GA /ɚ/ in EPD
e.g. murderer</r>

A

Murderer /ˈmɝːdɚɚ/ in EPD, /ˈmɝːdərər/ in LPD

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11
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SBE centring diphthongs /ɪə, eə, ʊə/ are GA /ɪr er ʊr/ or /ɪɚ eɚ ʊɚ/
e.g.
-near
-wear
-nearer
-merry, marry, Mary

A

Near: /ˈnɪr/ or /ˈnɪɚ/

Wear: /ˈwer/ or /ˈweɚ/

Nearer: Also when followed by a /r/ in SBE: nearer /ˈnɪrər/ or /ˈnɪrɚ/

Neutralisation of Mary - merry - marry: /ˈmeri/

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12
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SBE triphthongs /aɪə, aʊə/ are GA /aɪr, aʊr/ or /aɪɚ, aʊɚ/:

A

Fire /ˈfaɪr/ or /ˈfaɪɚ/

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13
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/t/ voicing (flapping)

A

/t/ is realized as a voiced alveolar flap
(instead of a voiceless alveolar plosive) in intervocalic position or between a nasal and a vowel, if the preceding syllable is stressed:

*City /ˈsɪt̬i/, water /ˈwɔːt̬ər/, romantic /roʊˈmænt̬ɪk/.

*Across words within the same IP: WhaT is that?

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14
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/j/ dropping (/juː/ → /uː/)

A

*GA + SBE after /tʃ, dʒ, r, l/: chew, juice, rude, flew, flu, Luton, Lucy, lurid, lute.

*GA + optionally in SBE after /θ, s, z/: enthusiasm, assume, suit.

*GA but not SBE after /t, d, n/: tune, duty, new.

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15
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Clear and dark l

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/l/ is dark in all positions in GA.

(do not mark in phonemic transcriptions!)

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16
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Vowel /ɒ/

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SBE /ɒ/ does not exist in GA.

1) Lot-cloth split (end of 17th century): /ɒ + f, θ, s, g, ŋ/ → /ɒː/ then /ɔː/, especially in monosyllabic words
* loft /ˈlɔːft/, cloth, loss, lost
*dog /ˈdɔːg/, frog
*long /ˈlɔːŋ/

2) Father-bother merger (18th century) /ɒ/ → /ɑː/
* Lot /ˈlɑːt/, odd /ˈɑːd/
* top /ˈtɑːp/.

3) Cot-caught merger, aka lot-thought merger (20th century, 40% of Americans, cf. Labov, 1996): /ɔː/ → /ɑː/.
*Loft /ˈlɑːft/, dog /ˈdɑːg/
*long /ˈlɑːŋ/.

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17
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This means that it is always possible to equate /ɒ/

A

SBE /ɒ/ → GA /ɑː/

SBE /ɔː/ → GA /ɑː/

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18
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SBE /əʊ/

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GA /oʊ/:

Go /ˈgoʊ/, no /ˈnoʊ/, romantic /roʊˈmænt̬ɪk/

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19
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/æ/ + /s, f, θ, n+C, m+C/ has become /ɑː/ in SBE for many words (ask words), but

A

not in GA.

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20
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ask words

A

ask, after, castle, half, last, path, class, glass, last, bath, disaster, giraffe, master, pass, grass, bath, laugh, mask, task, nasty, cast, fast, command,
chance, dance, plant, can’t, demand, advance, France, example, grant

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21
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SBE /ʌr/ →

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GA /ɝː/:

current /ˈkɝːənt/, curry /ˈkɝːi/, borough, thorough.

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22
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SBE /ɑː/

A

GA /ɝː/ for <er + C> in words like derby, clerk, & Berkeley.

23
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Early stress in SBE vs late stress in GA

A

adult, baton, Bernard, brochure, buffet, café, chalet, chauffeur, cliché, debris, debut, detail, fiancé(e), garage, massage, parquet, pâté, précis,
vermouth.

24
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Early stress in GA vs late stress in SBE

A

princess, address, cigarette, magazine.

25
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Disyllabic verbs in -ate are stressed /01/ in SBE, but /10/ with full vowel in GA:

A

locate /ləʊˈkeɪt → ˈloʊkeɪt/, donate, migrate, placate, pulsate, rotate…

26
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Strong suffixes: -ony, -ory, -ary, -ery

A

Words ending in -ony, -ory, -ary, -ery stressed as 1000 have a reduced vowel on the suffix in SBE, but a full vowel in GA:

*matrimony /ˈmætrɪmoʊni/, patrimony, testimony, *category /ˈkætəgɔːri/, lavatory, monastery,
*necessary /ˈnesəseri/, secretary.

27
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Words in -arily were originally stressed 10000 SBE, but are now mostly regularized to

A

20100 in both SBE and GA

e.g. necessarily, momentarily, temporarily, ordinarily

28
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Strong forms of because, of, from, was, what

A

SBE /ɒ/ vs GA /ʌ/.

29
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elision of /aɪ/

A

docile
sbe - /ˈdəʊsaɪl/
ga - /ˈdɑːsl/

missile
sbe - /-saɪl,/
ga - /-sl/

hostile
sbe - /-taɪl/
ga - /-tl/

30
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changes of /aɪ/ to /ə/

A

globalization, civilization

30
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changes of /aɪ/ to /ə/

A

globalization, civilization

31
Q

changes of /aɪ/ to /ɪ/

A

antibody, antibiotic
gbe - /-ɪ/
ga- /-ɪ or -aɪ/.

32
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changes of /-ɪ/ to /-aɪ/

A

privacy, dynasty, vitamin, simultaneous

NB stress:

advertisement:
sbe: /ədˈvɜːtɪs-/
ga: /ˌædvərˈtaɪz-/

inquiry
sbe: /ɪŋˈkwaɪəri
ga: ˈɪŋkwəri/.

33
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changes of [iː] to [e]

A

leisure, depot (bus station), medieval, zebra, cretin

sbe: /-e-/
ga: -iː-/,

34
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changes of [e] to [iː]

A

lever, aesthetic, epoch, evolution, predecessor

sbe: /-iː-/
ga: /-e-/

35
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Anthony

A

sbe: -t-
ga: -θ-

36
Q

ate

A

sbe: ˈet or ˈeɪt
ga: ˈeɪt

37
Q

baroque

A

sbe: -ɒk
ga: -oʊk

38
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beta

A

sbe: -iː-
ga: -eɪ-

39
Q

erase

A

sbe: -z
ga: -s

40
Q

figure

A

sbe: -gə,
ga: -gjər

41
Q

herb

A

sbe: hɜːb
ga: ɝːb

42
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interesting

A

sbe: -rə-
ga: -re-

43
Q

lieutenant

A

sbe: lef-
ga: luː-

44
Q

(n)either

A

sbe: ˈaɪ-
ga: ˈiː-

45
Q

nonsense

A

sbe: -əns
ga: -ens

46
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omega

A

sbe: ˈəʊmɪ-
ga: oʊˈmeɪ-

47
Q

process - progress

A

sbe: -əʊ-
ga: -ɑː-

48
Q

record (n)

A

sbe: kɔːd
ga: -kərd/

49
Q

schedule

A

sbe: ʃ
ga: sk

50
Q

tomato

A

sbe: -ɑː-
ga: -eɪ-

51
Q

vase

A

sbe: ˈvɑːz
ga: ˈveɪs

52
Q

wrath

A

sbe: ɒ
ga: æ

53
Q

z

A

sbe: ˈzed
ga: ˈziː