1. Give the following transcribed words in standard English orthography.
a. [mæʤɪk] magic
b. [flɑks] flocks or phlox
c. [ɪkskjus] excuse (the noun)
d. [əsaɪn] assign
2. a. Give a phonetic description of each of the symbols listed below.
b. For each sound in the list in (2) that appears in English, give an English word that contains that sound. If the sound is not found in English, write n/a.
Description English Word
i. ŋ voiced velar nasal sing, bank
ii. i close (or high), front, tense, unrounded vowel see, sea, belief
iii. θ voiceless (inter)dental fricative thin, ether, teeth
iv. ɛ open-mid (or mid), front, lax, unrounded vowel set, beck
v. β voiced bilabial fricative n/a
vi. ʃ voiceless postalveolar fricative shoe, nation
vii. ʊ close (or high), back, lax, round vowel look, put
3. a. Give the phonetic symbol that represents the descriptions below
b. For each sound described in the list below that appears in English, give an English word that contains that sound. If the sound is not found in English, write n/a.
Symbol English Word
i.tense mid back round vowel o bow, sew, oh
ii. voiceless velar stop k cock, take
iii.voiced (inter)dental fricative ð then, either, teethe
iv. voiced palatal fricative Ʒ measure, rouge
v. voiced alveolar affricate dz n/a
vi. low back unround vowel ɑ law, box