Phonetic rules

Listen to the dialogue, mark the intonation. Practise reading the dialogue with a partner.

Listen to the dialogue. Practise reading them with a partner. Make sure you imitate the intonation on the tape correctly.

Put different questions to the sentences below. Practise reading them with proper intonation.

This is Maggie’s house.

These are Janet’s children.

That is George’s Volvo.

This is a Chinese vase.

That is Richard’s letter.

This is orange juice.

Those are Michael’s trainers.

That is Mr. Greggson’s case.

: D’you know Polly?

: Polly? What Polly?

: Polly Smith, a model.

: No. Is she a good model?

: Look. This is her port folio. She’s a perfect model.

: Oh yes. These photos are perfect in deed. Let’s meet her.

: It’s a pity Polly isn’t in the city.

: Isn’t she?

: Polly is in Italy. She’ll be back next Thursday.

: Have you ever met victor Robertson?

: Victor Robertson? Who’s he?

: He’s an architect from Scotland.

: I’ve never met Victor. Is he a good architect?

: He’s an excellent architect, believe me. Have a look at his blueprints.

: Marvellous! Simply marvellous! Can we meet Victor Robertson?

: It’s a pity victor isn’t in the city. He’s in Finland now.

: When will he be back?

: Pretty soon I guess. In fact, I’ve asked him to come to the conference on Tuesday next week.

: Excellent. So we’ll seeing Victor on Tuesday.

1. We must watch for the positional length of the vowel […]. It is the longest in the final position, it is shorter before a voiced consonant, it is the shortest before a voiceless consonant.

e.g. [gou] – [goul] – [gout]

2. we must watch for the aspiration of the voiceless consonants [p, t, k ]. They are most strongly aspirated before stressed vowels esp. long monophthongs and diphthongs; they are less aspirated in the final position and before an unstressed vowel; they lose their aspiration after [s].

e.g. [pi:] – [pit] – [nip] – [spit]

3. We must watch for the lateral plosion in the word / in the phrase ______. The plosion of the consonant […] becomes lateral under the influence of the sonorous consonant [l].

e.g. [ ‘setl], [ faind lu:k]

4. We must watch for the nasal plosion in the word / in the phrase _______. The Plosion of the consonant […] becomes nasal under the influence of the nasal sonorants [n], [m].

e.g. [ ‘kitn], [ lend mi]

5. We must watch for the loss of plosion in the word / in the phrase________. The consonant […] loses its plosion under the influence of the following plosive consonant […].

e.g. [ mi:t tim]

6. We must watch for assimilation in the word/phrase _______. The alveolar consonant […] becomes dental under the influence of the interdental […]. The consonant […] becomes rounded under the influence of the following sonorant [w]. The sonorant […] becomes partly devoiced under the influence of the voiceless consonant […].

e.g. [ri:d ðә buk], [swift]

7. We must watch for reduction in the word ________. This word is used in its weak (reduced) form; its strong form is _______. It’s a case of qualitative/ quantitative/ zero reduction.

The parts of speech that are normally reduced (form-words) are as follows: articles, particles, prepositions, conjunctions, modal and auxiliary verbs, personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns.

The parts of speech that are never reduced (notional words) are as follows: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, numerals, interrogative pronouns.

e.g. [hi:] – [hi ] – [hi] – [h], [ ‘iznt]

8. We must watch for the absence of the glottal stop in the word _______ where the vowel occurs in the initial position.

e.g. [ ‘i:zi]

9. We must watch for the absence of palatalization of the consonant [..] before the front vowel […].

e.g. [pen], [bi ‘li:v]

10. We must watch for the linking [r] in the phrase ________.

e.g. [nevәr ә gein]

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