Exercise set: Phon and phon

1. Give the phonetic symbol representing the consonant sound described:

voiceless labiodental fricative ___; dentalized alveolar nasal ___; voiceless glottal fricative ___; aspirated voiceless alveolar stop ___;
dentalized alveolar voiced stop ___; high front lax monophthong ___; (upper) mid front to high front (lax) diphthong ___;

2. Give a complete description (quantity, quality / place, manner, voice) of the sounds represented by the symbols:

[J] ______________________________ [

!] ______________________________

[}] ______________________________ [

"] ______________________________

[K] ______________________________ [

#] ______________________________

[V] ______________________________

[W] ______________________________ [

$%] ______________________________

[

&] ______________________________ ['%] ______________________________

3. Predict the erroneous pronunciation of the underlined segments. Indicate it by filling in the spaces with incorrect (L1) and correct

(L2) pronunciation. Provide IPA transcription. Disregard spelling pronunciation.

chata, rzeka, sen, r!ka (E as L1, P as L2)

graphemes symbol

place

manner

E:

E:

E:

<ch>

P:

P:

P:

E:

E:

E:

<rz>

P:

P:

P:

E:

E:

E:

<s>

P:

P:

P:

E:

E:

E:

<r>

P:

P:

P:

peeling, fan, about, foot (P as L1, E as L2)

graphemes

symbol

vowel quality

vowel quantity

P:

P:

P:

<ee>

E:

E:

E:

P:

P:

P:

<a>

E:

E:

E:

P:

P:

P:

<a>

E:

E:

E:

P:

P:

P:

<oo>

E:

E:

E:

4. Compare the pronunciation of the following words in Polish and English. Provide IPA transcription and identify any differences.

E ten : P ten; E (RP) ring : P ring; sham : szaman; touch : tapczan; date : data; ton : tona; boot : bucik; tunnel : tunel; ham : cham, E
parking : P parking; E leader : P lider

5. Suggest a possible erroneous pronunciation of the sounds in bold type in this example (British English as L1,
Polish as L2) and identify the contrasts that result in the erroneous pronunciation. Use phonetic transcription.

Kronika Crunchips. Ale masz farta!

6. Predict the erroneous pronunciation of the underlined segments and describe the sources of interference. Provide IPA

transcription. Please disregard spelling pronunciation.

a) by Polish learners of English: walking, upgrade, thinking, needed, bag-piped, George, Henry, Paul, Robert, Rod,
b) by English learners of Polish: cz!sto, psota, r!cznik, ptak, marzanna, knieje, psycholog, Krystyna, Kasia, El"bieta

7. What error are Poles likely to make in the following words: apple, article, battle, bicycle, special, atheism, pessimism, cataclysm?

8. Identify phonological rules which cause the consonant alternations in the underlined segments:

a) E handful [h

&ntf(l]

_________________ (P as L1)

b) E setback [sedbak]

_________________ (P as L1)

c) E monitor [mO?itOr]

_________________ (P as L1)

d) P bat [bat] vs. bacik [baKik]

_________________

e) baba [baba] vs. babka [bapka]

_________________

f) krzak [kSak] vs. krzak agrestu [kSag agrEstu] _________________
g) pens [penz] vs. nuts [n

)ts]

_________________

h) senny [sEnnI] vs. sennik [sE??ik]

_________________

i) wata [vata] vs. wacik [vaKik]

_________________

j) [?idIt] ‘needed’

_________________

9. Suggest a possible pronunciation of the cluster in the word vodka in the speech of a Polish speaker of English.
State the reason for the interference.

10. Choose the least likely pronunciation of the Polish word Pruszcz by an English speaker (BE).

a) p

h

#uS b) prïS]

c) p

#ïS]

d) p

h

#ïS

11. See also questions 7, 8 on the

sample exam paper

.

12. Identify the errors made by the speakers of Italian and German in their English vowels and consonants. What do you think are the

contrasts between English and Italian/German that resulted in these errors? (you’ll need to download two recordings: for

Italian

and

German

)

updated 28 March 2006