UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Exercises
1. Separate the following words into syllables (check syllabication rules webconference
October 19th)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
Dustpan
Catch
Teeth
Home
Summit
Taxes
Chestnut
Shipwreck
Sonnet
Continuous
Chromosome
Liver
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
w.
x.
pasture
Music
Weasel
Manual
Money
Sizzle
Apple
puppet
Coexist
Cooperation
Fluid
Emotion
2. Give:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
a syllable beginning with a cluster labio-dental fricative + lateral
a syllable beginning with a cluster labio-dental fricative + palatal
a syllable beginning with a cluster fricative + alveolar nasal
a syllable beginning with a cluster s + plosive + velar
a syllable ending with a cluster lateral +plosive + alveolar
a syllable ending with a cluster velar nasal + plosive
a syllable ending with a cluster voiced plosive + alveolar fricative
You may have had to eliminate some of the syllables of the exercise which are not
possible in English. If you did, explain on what basis you did so.
3. Are the following strings of sounds possible words in English?
a. [rbeɪ] e. [ɪŋ] i. [ɒksts]
b. [thæm] f. [spju:] j. [ru:ʒ]
c. [kni:] g. [rʌgh] k. [sɪfθs]
d. [ŋɪt] h. [dwi:l] l. [lɪmp]
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Exercises
4. In a chart show the most and least sonorous parts of the following words according to
the sonority rule.
E.g:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
number
teenager
stewardship
moonstruck
jewel
cipher
cashbox
downstream
freeway
tassel
5. Which of the following words can be categorized as syllabic consontants
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
cotton
mitten
carton
mystery
mountain
finger
keyboard
sixth
instead
quibble
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Exercises
6. Find the stress for the each of the following words
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
frustration
delicious
empiric
fidelity
flexibility
mysterious
incredible
generous
nationality
responsible
activity
activist
perceptible
salvation
7. Write 5 sentences to represent intonation (tonic syllable and emphasis) (individual)
8. Write three pairs of sentences to represent minimal pairs (individual)
9. Record the words in exercise 6 and the sentences in exercises 7 and 8. Pay attention
to word stress and intonation (individual)