My Phonology Page
Here you will find some of my activities
And some useful links
Transcription Activity:
A fragment of the Epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling.
Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first of September was crisp as an apple,
and as the little family bobbed across the rumbling road toward the great sooty station, the fumes of car
exhausts and the breath of pedestrians sparkled like cobwebs in the cold air. Two large cages tattled on
top of the laden trolleys the parents were pushing; the owls inside them hooted indignantly...
ˈɔːtəm ˈsiːmt tə əˈraɪv ˈsʌdənli ðæt jɪə // ðə ˈmɔːnɪŋ əv ðə fɜːst əv sepˈtembə wəz krɪsp əz ən ˈæpəl /
ən əz ðə ˈlɪtl ˈfæməli bɒbt əˈkrɒs ðə ˈrʌmblɪŋ rəʊd ˈtəˈwɔːd ðə greɪt ˈsʊtɪ ˈsteɪʃən /
ðə fjuːmz əv kɑː ɪgˈzɔːstz ən ðə breθ əv pəˈdestrɪənz ˈspɑːkləd laɪk ˈkɒbwebs ɪn ðə kəʊld eə //
tuː lɑːdʒ ˈkeɪdʒəs tætld ɒn tɒp əv ðə ˈleɪd(n)* ˈtrɒlɪz ðə ˈpeərəntz wə ˈpʊʃɪŋ /
ði aʊls ˈɪnˈsaɪd ðəm ˈhuːtət ɪnˈdɪgnəntli /
Tongue Twisters.
A phonetic transcription of two typical Tongue Twisters.
If a woodchuck could chuck wood,
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
ɪf ə ˈwʊdtʃʌk kəd tʃʌk wʊd /
haʊ mʌtʃ wʊd wəd ə ˈwʊdtʃʌk tʃʌk /
ɪf ə ˈwʊdtʃʌk kəd tʃʌk wʊd //
A selfish shellfish smelt a stale fish.
If the stale fish was a smelt
Then the selfish shellfish smelt a smelt.
ə ˈselfɪʃ ˈʃelfɪʃ smelt ə steɪl fɪʃ /
ɪf ðə steɪl fɪʃ wəz ə smelt /
ðen ðə ˈselfɪʃ ˈʃelfiʃ smelt ə smelt //
Limericks:
A phonetical transcription of some fun limericks.
ðeə wɒz ə jʌŋ leɪdi huːz ˈbɒnet /
keɪm ʌnˈtaɪd wen ðə bɜːdz seɪt ʌpən ɪt //
bət ʃi sed aɪ dən keə /
ɔːl ðə bɜːdz in ðə eə /
ɑː ˈwelkəm tə sɪt ɒn maɪ ˈbɒnet //
ðeə wɒz ə jʌŋ ˈwʊmən əv raɪd /
huːz ʃuː strɪŋs wə ˈseldəm juːˈnaɪtɪd //
ʃi pɜˈtʃəst səm klɒgs /
ən səm smɔːl ˈspɒtɪd dɒgs /
ən ˈfrɪkwəntli wɔːkt əˈbaʊt raɪd //
From A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear.
ðeə wʌns lɪvt ə bɔɪ nɪə ði ˈəʊʃən /
huː θɔːt hɪd faʊnd ˈmædʒɪkəl ˈpəʊʃəŋ //
hi tʊk ə bɪg drɪŋk /
ən hi stɑːted tə θɪŋk /
ɪt teɪsted dʒʌst ˈsʌntæn ləʊʃən //
Some interesting links:
Department of Phonetics and Linguistics
Language Development Phonology
Longman, Pronunciation Dictionary, Study Guide
Assimilation in Spoken English