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English Consonants

The document provides a phonetic transcription exercise that asks the reader to: 1. Provide phonetic symbols and example words for various consonant sounds. 2. Provide phonetic symbols for consonant sounds described and example words. 3. Provide phonetic symbols for initial consonant sounds in example words. 4. Provide phonetic symbols for initial consonant sounds in more example words. 5. Explain whether a suffix is part of the root word or a derivational suffix. 6. Provide phonetic transcriptions of example words.

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English Consonants

The document provides a phonetic transcription exercise that asks the reader to: 1. Provide phonetic symbols and example words for various consonant sounds. 2. Provide phonetic symbols for consonant sounds described and example words. 3. Provide phonetic symbols for initial consonant sounds in example words. 4. Provide phonetic symbols for initial consonant sounds in more example words. 5. Explain whether a suffix is part of the root word or a derivational suffix. 6. Provide phonetic transcriptions of example words.

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Exercise 1:

1. Give a complete description of the consonant sound


represented by the symbol and then supply an English word
containing the sound.
Example: /tʃ/
Answer: voiceless alveolopalatal affricate
Word: Cherry
a. /θ/
voiceless dental fricative Word: think
b. /ŋ/
voiced velar nasal Word: ring
c. /ʒ/
voiced postalveolar fricative Word: pleasure
d. [ɫ]
voiceless alveolar plosive Word: tall
e. /r/
voiced retroflex approximant Word: right
f. /j/
voiced palatal approximant Word: you
g. /g/
voiced velar plosive Word: good
2. Give the phonetic symbol representing the consonant sound
described and then
supply an English word containing the sound.

a. voiced alveolopalatal affricate


/tʃ/ Word: Cherry
b. aspirated voiceless bilabial stop
/p/ Word: pair
c. alveolar flap
[ɾ] Word: free
d. dentalized alveolar nasal
/n/ Word: nail
e. voiceless labiovelar fricative
/ʍ/ Word: whine
f. voiceless labiodental fricative
/f/ word: fine
g. voiceless glottal fricative or voiceless vowel
/h/ Word: her

3. Give the phonetic symbol for the initial consonant sound(s) in


each of the following words.
a. rhetoric /r/
b. one /w/
c. know /n/
d. Thomas /t/
e. sure /ʃ/
f. cereal /s/
g. jaguar /dʒ/
h. unity /j/
i. pheasant /f/
j. theme /θ/
k. psalm /s/
l. chorus /k/
m. chaste /tʃ/
n. charade /ʃ/
o. shave /ʃ/
p. gnat /n/
q. wrong /r/
r. zero /z/
s. ghost /ɡ/
t. science /s/

4.0
a.toughen /f/
b.visage /z/
c.alloy /l/
d.descent /s/
e.azure /ʒ/
f.away /w/
g.errand /r/
h.ocean /ʃ/
i.adjourn /dʒ/
j.aghast /ɡ/
k.listen /s/
l.plumber /m/
m.cupboard /b/
n.soften /f/
o.measure /ʒ/
p.author /θ/
q.lather /ð/
r.psyche /k/
s.future /tʃ/
t.lawyer /j/

5.0
Answer: -er is part of the root of the word, er is a derivational
suffix, ng is word final.

6.0
a. right leap accent scepter
b. madness maudlin sideline madly
c. carl pal kill

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