Assignment English Linguistics (Matching Day): 1. Please study the IPA symbols relevant for English on http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemicchart These are the phonemic symbols for standard British English. There are different sets for other varieties, like American English, Australian English, Southafrican English and Indian English, but for this assignment, you can limit yourselves to the British set. 2. Make sure you can read a text in phonemic symbols, like in the following text: ðә ˈnɔːθ ˈwɪnd әn ðә ˈsʌn wә dɪsˈpjuːtɪŋ ˈwɪtʃ wәz ðә ˈstrɒŋɡә wɛn ә ˈtrævәlә ˈkeɪm әˈlɑŋ ˈræpt ɪn ә ˈwɔːm ˈklәʊk ǀ ðeɪ әˈɡriːd ðәt ðә ˈwʌn hu ˈfɜːst sәkˈsiːdәd ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðә ˈtɹævәlә ˈteɪk ɒf ɪz ˈklәʊk ʃʊd bi kәnˈsɪdәd ˈstrɒŋɡә ðәn ðɪ ˈʌðә ǀ ðɛn ðә ˈnɔːθ ˈwɪnd ˈbluː әz ˈhɑːd әz i ˈkʊd bәt ðә ˈmɔːr i ˈbluː ðә ˈmɔː ˈklәʊsli dɪd ðә ˈtrævәlә ˈfәʊld ɪz ˈklәʊk әˈɹaʊnd ɪm ǀ әn әt ˈlɑst ðә ˈnɔːθ ˈwɪnd ˈɡeɪv ʌp ði әˈtɛmpt ǀ ˈðɛn ðә ˈsʌn ˈʃɒn aʊt ˈwɔːmli әnd ɪˈmiːdɪәtli ðә ˈtɹævәlә ˈtʊk ˈɒf ɪz klәʊk ǀ әn ˈsәʊ ðә ˈnɔːθ ˈwɪnd wәz әˈblaɪdʒd tә kәnˈfɛs ðәt ðә ˈsʌn wәz ðә ˈstɹɒŋɡәr әv ðә ˈtuː 3. (optional!) Write the following line in English phonemic transcription: “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much” You can use the following keyboard tool to type the transcrtiption: http://ipa.typeit.org/
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