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Chapter 5 phonetics practice

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  • The different realisations of a phoneme are called:
    Allophones.
  • Provide the phonemic and phonemic transcription for the word 'eat'.
    [iˑt] - /iːt/
  • Provide the phonemic transcription for the word 'knife'.
    /naɪf/
  • Provide the phonemic transcription of the word 'bet'.
    /bet/
  • The comparatively straightforward business of describing the sounds that we use in speaking is called:
    Phonetics.
  • True or false? - There are three sounds in the word 'bought'.
    TRUE
  • What is a phoneme?
    The smallest distinctive linguistic unit of speech.
  • Pronounce the words 'pie' and 'bye'.
    Aspiration in 'pie'.
  • True or false? - The word 'import' has only one meaning.
    FALSE.
  • Provide the phonetic transcription for the word 'bet'.
    [b̥ět]
  • The typical transcription of the pronunciation of words as that found in dictionaries is called:
    Phonemic trasncription.
  • The type of transcription that includes (almost) all the production details of a sound/word is called
    Phonetic transcription.
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