Ling 100 – Week 2 – © T. Heift & A. Rimrott
1.
Provide the standard English spelling for the following words
IPA transcription
[mejd]
[haj]
[lækt]
[lip]
Standard English spelling
2.
The “n” in “Vancouver” is often pronounced as [ŋ] not [n]. Why?
3.
Split up the following words into their syllables by placing periods (.) at syllable boundaries. Then mark the
syllable which carries primary stress by putting a straight single quotation mark (') at the start of the
stressed syllable. Work with the transcription, not the spelling.
English spelling
Transcription
Ex
introduce
Example: [ ɪ n . t ɹ ə . 'd u s ]
1
phoneme
[ f ow n i m ]
2
Vancouver
[ v æ ŋ k u v ɚ ]
3
feature
[ f i tʃ ɚ ]
4
affricate
[ æ f ɹ ə k ə t ]
5
missing
[ m ɪ s ɪ ŋ ]
4.
For each word determine whether it is simple or complex and then circle all bound morphemes and
underline all free morphemes.
a. rethink
d. nicely
b. disconnect
e. door
c. tables
f. luckier
5.
Do the following words illustrate compounding or inflection?
Word
crashing
deactivates
winter boot
child’s
6.
Compounding (C), inflection (I)?
Identify the word class of each underlined word. Underline the subject in each sentence.
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