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Phonetics 1 - Assignment 1

The deadline for submission of this assignment is midnight on Wednesday 15 October.
You may submit by email to me at peturk@hi.is,
or hand in a printed OR hand-written copy at the reception desk in Gimli
OR in my pigeon-hole in Nýi garður.

Here is your assignment:

1. Chose any pasage of modern English. It may be from a newspaper,
   journal, magazine, novel, poem, etc.
2. Write out the first 50 words of your passage in a column down the page.
3. Beside the word, give the KEYWORD for the vowel in each syllable,
   and the VOWEL SYMBOL. Use the keywords given in
   Phonetic Symbols (there is also a link on the Phonetics Front Page).

• Note: if your passage contains a lot of repetitions( "Down, down, down to
  the blue sea, the blue and sparkling sea, blue, blue and sparkling")
  then choose another passage!

Example

Meg	DRESS
liked	PRICE
the	SCHWA
climate	PRICE, SCHWA	,
in	KIT
Bengal	DRESS, THOUGHT	,

Tip: you will need a pronunciation dictionary for this exercise. BUT -
try to work out for yourself the answer before you go to the dictionary!

Before doing this assignment, carefully read the Guidelines.
(There is also a link to Guidlines at the top of
the assignments column on the schedule.)

PK 8-10-2008
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