Phonetics and Phonology Task 2023

Download as docx, pdf, or txt
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 4

Phonetics and Phonology Task 2023

ASL1304F
Convenor: Imrah Adams
Due date: 13/3/2023

Information

For this task, please complete and submit the worksheet either as a separate document or
on this same sheet. Please do not forget to add your name, student number and tutor’s
name.

This task is made up of 4 sections.

This task aims to assist you with practice for the Phonetics and Phonology assignment for
ASL1300F.

You will submit via the submissions tab on the ASL1304F Vula site.

Question 1

Multiple Choice Questions:


Please only write down your answer as: 1.1) d

1.1) Phonetics and Phonology are related fields

a) Yes, but are separate in that they focus on two distinct fields of Linguistics
b) No, they are completely different
c) Yes, they are so related we cannot tell the difference between the two
d) I am not sure
1.2) Orthography (written form of a word) and transcription are always the same

a) Always, nothing changes


b) No, transcriptions show us how differently words sound to how they are written
c) I am not sure
d) All of the above

1.3) Phonology is the study of how sounds are organised (rule based) and used (function)
in naturally occurring language

a) No, this definition is completely wrong


b) Yes, we can say that speech sounds are patterned
c) I am unsure
d) All of the above

Question 2: Mix and Match Terminology to Definition


Column B provides terminology used in phonetics and phonology, and column A provides
definitions related to these terms. You are expected to match the terms in column B with
the correct description in column A.
Use the following structure to answer your question, for example 2.1) A

2.1) The representation of speech sounds using a) Phonetics


the IPA
2.2) Variants of the same phoneme in a b) Phonology
language
2.3) The study of the production of speech c) Transcription
sounds in human language

2.4) An alphabet used to represent the speech d) IPA


sounds in language
2.5) The simplest unit of sound in language e) Phone

2.6) The study of how speech sounds are f) Phoneme


organized and function in human language

2.7) The smallest unit of speech that g) Allophone


distinguishes one word from another

Question 3: Transcription practice

Of the list below, please transcribe the words using the IPA symbols used within the course.
Please do not forget that when we transcribe, we use [square brackets] .

E.g., Paper [peɪpə]

a) Transcription
b) Landscape
c) France
d) Load shedding

Question 4: Phonological rules and notation practice

Please do note that this question looks at identifying the phonological distribution of the [p]
sound. You will be provided with the transcription of these words.

[p] [ph]
Spin [spɪn] Pathology [phəθɒləʤi]

Sprinting [sprɪntɪŋ] Painting [pheɪntɪŋ]


Specialisation [spɛʃəlaɪzeɪʃən] Patterned [phætənd]

4.1) Are [p] and [ph] allophones of the same phoneme? Please state how you know this
(indicate the distribution and environments where each occur).

4.2) Using phonological notation, show the use of [p] in the dataset above. Please state the
phonological rule that we see here.

You might also like