Which three distinctive features are necessary to describe and classify English monophthongs?
Openness of mouth, Position of the tongue, Length/Duration/Quantity
Name the 5 long monophthongs and an example word
/iː/ seed
/uː/ food
/ɜː/ bird
/ɔː/ law
/ɑː/ father
Name the 7 short monophthongs and an example word
/ɪ/ sit
/ʊ/ foot
/ɛ/ pet
/ə/ brother, anatomy (schwa btw)
/æ/ sat, van
/ʌ/ some
/ɒ/ dog
Name all characteristics for vowels
(from Linguistics class)
they are articulated without any obstruction of the airstream in the vocal tract, they are harmonic vibrations; they do not contain a noise component, they can be the centre of a syllable
Name the 5 closing diphthongs and an example word
/eɪ/ mate, they
/ɔɪ/ boy, oil
/əʊ/ home, so
/aɪ/ my, time
/aʊ/ house, town
Name the 3 centring diphthongs and an example word
/ɪə/ here, dear
/ʊə/ sure, poor
/eə/ there, air
footnote about sure and poor: these are the ones from Linguistics class and don’t match up with RP IPA online, there its /pɔː/
Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
back
/æ/
(full: /bæk/)
Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
foot
/ʊ/
(full: /fʊt/)
Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
run
/ʌ/
(full: /ɹʌn/)
Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
time
/aɪ/
(full: /taɪm/)
Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
car
/ɑː/
(full: /kɑː/)
Give the phonemic transcription of the vowel in the example word below.
boy
/ɔɪ/
(full: /bɔɪ/)
