Introduction to Linguistics
Anthro1027a Fall 2023
Homework Assignment 1
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This Homework Assignment is NOT a research assignment.
The tasks given in this assignment are based on what was learned throughout the course so far and requires you to apply the knowledge learned throughout the course so far including the week of the assignment. If some instructions are not clear, please ask your instructor.
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1. Write the phonetic description of the each of the following IPA symbols. The list includes English and Non-English sounds. Use the full IPA chart for your descriptions. (4 marks)
a. [ð] _______________________________________________________________________
b. [ɔ] _______________________________________________________________________
c. [ɳ] _______________________________________________________________________
d. [ɛ]_______________________________________________________________________
e. [ʊ] _______________________________________________________________________
f. [ph
] _______________________________________________________________________
g. [ɤ]_______________________________________________________________________
h. [ɨ] _______________________________________________________________________
2. Write the IPA symbol for each of the following phonetic descriptions. Use the full IPA chart as the list contains Non-English sounds. (4 marks)
a. voiced palatal approximant____________ e. Close-mid back rounded tense _______________
b. high front round tense _______________ f. voiceless bilabial fricative __________________
c. voiced alveolar nasal ________________ g. back open lax unrounded nasal ______________
d. voiceless glottal stop ________________ h. voiceless interdental fricative _______________
3. Circle the sound that doesn’t belong and name the category of the remaining group of sounds.(4 marks)
a. [ʧ s h ʃ] __________________________________
b. [e o i ɛ] __________________________________
c. [m n l d]__________________________________
d. [ʒ ɸ θ h] __________________________________
4. Give the IPA symbol for the last sound in each of the following words. (4 marks)
a. chickenpox _______________________ e. sofa ___________________________________
b. kissed ___________________________ f. measure ________________________________
c. bathe ___________________________ g. clothes _________________________________
d. laugh ____________________________ h. holiday _________________________________
5. Transcribe the following words using the IPA. (4 marks)
a. mistakes __________________________ c. thorough ________________________________
b. texts _____________________________ d. Tuesday ______________________________
6. Spell the following words from the IPA transcription. (2 marks)
a. [‘bɑjsɪkəl] _________________________ c. [ʧɑkləɾi]________________________________
b. [‘ɑfn] _____________________________ d. [ʌn’θɪŋkəbl] ____________________________
7. What is this sentence? (2 marks)
[əlɑŋtajməgowwɛnajwəzdʒʌststɑrtɪŋawtajhædðəgʊdfɔrtʃəntəmitgrejtpipl]
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8. Transcribe this sentence using IPA. (3 marks)
He whistled while he walked to work yesterday.
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9. Draw the syllable trees, representing each of the following words. Remember to transcribe them phonetically, mark stress and aspiration (whenever relevant) and syllable boundaries. (8 marks))
transcriptions4
notebooks
unmotivated
critically
10. Consider these data from a dialect of a language ([x] is a velar fricative, [ç] is a palatal fricative). (3 marks)
a. Are [x] and [ç] allophones of the same phoneme, or is each an allophone of a separate phoneme? Give your reasons. (2 marks)
b. If you conclude that they are allophones of one phoneme, state the rule that can derive the phonetic allophones. If not, restate that they are phonemes here. (1 mark)
11. Consider these data from a world language. (7 marks)
