Assignment of CBY on 3TL of E.V.S and E.C.S (Part 01)

REPUBLIC OF BENIN

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MINISTRY OF HEIGHER EDUCATION

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FACULTAE DES LETTRES ARTS ET SCIENCES HUMAINES

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Academic Year:  2010 – 2011   - - - ¤¤¤ - - - Third Year

Course Number : E 302 A 

Phonetics and phonology of english

ASSIGNMENT: Three Term Label Of All English Vowel Sounds (Monophtongs – Diphtongs – Triphtongs) and their Appropriate numbers along with the Three Term Label of the English Consonants Sounds and example for Illustration.

Drawing of the Vowel Chart showing the position of each Monophtong.

Student’s name:  Géoffroy ADJANOHOUN

Teacher’s name: Dr YEHOUENOU C. Bertin 

SCHEDULE

I – 3TL of Monophtongs with their appropriate numbers  

     illustrated by examples (IPA)

II – 3TL of Diphtongs with their appropriate numbers

       illustrated by examples (IPA)

III – 3TL of Triphtongs with their appropriate numbers

       illustrated by examples (IPA)

IV – English Vowel Chart showing the Position of each

        Monophtong

V – 3TL of English Consonants illustrated by example (IPA)

I – 3TL of Monophtongs with their appropriate numbers illustrated by examples (IPA)

N°	Symbols	Three Term Label	Illustration
1	[  i : ]	Close, front and spread Vowel Sound	We meet these people each week on the beach
2	[  I   ]	A front, mid-high ansd less spread V.S	This big city isn’t a bit for him to live in happy
3	[   e   ]	Half open, a front and more spread V.S	Fred’s friend left his red pencil on the wet bench
4	[  æ  ]	Open, a front and less spread V.S	That fat man had a black badge on his bag
5	[   a :  ]	Open, a back and neutral V.S	Father’s car passed the dark garden at half past
6	[      ]	Half open, a back and less rounded V.S	Bob has got a hot job in this box
7	[      ]	Half close, a back and slightly less rounded	Paul ought to pour water on the floor for his lord
8	[      ]	Mid-high, a back and less rounded V.S	Look at the book the cook pushed into the bush
9	[  u :  ]	Close, a back and rounded V.S	The pool is so cool that no blue moon moves over it
10	[   Λ  ]	Half-open, a central and unrounded V.S	My cousin is lucky to love London
11	[   э :   ]	Half-open a central and unrounded V.S	A curly girl returns from the church with the nurse
12	[  ә    ]	Half-close, a central and unrounded V.S	The doctor seldom forget a bitter woman

II – 3TL of Diphtongs with their appropriate numbers illustrated by examples(IPA)

N°	Symbols (I.P.A)	Examples of Words
1	[  eI ]	Play, Pay, Lay
2	[  aI  ]	Eye, I, Buy
3	[  ...I  ]	Boy, Oil,Toy
4	[  ......]	Vow, Aloud, Sow
5	[ ә... ]	Although, No, Sow
6	[  Iә  ]	Beer,Beard, Dear
7	[  eә  ]	Bear,Dairy, Dare
8	[   ә.. ]	Continuous,Pure, Spurious