Albert Abzalimov
Assignment 7
Ling 201 – Fall 2025
(100 pts total)
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1. English Sounds
Provide a full description of the following consonants and vowels using the concepts we learned
in the class.
Part A. (5 points each, 30 points in total)
Identify the first consonants in the given English words and provide the IPA symbol and the
description (voicing, place, and manner) for it
e.g., Dent à [d] voiced alveolar stop
a) Vote
b) This
[v] Voiced labiodental fricative
[ð] Voiced interdental fricative
d Voiced palato-alveolar affricate
c) Germ
[n] Voiced alveolar nasal
d) Note
[w] Voiced labial-velar approximant
e) Walk
[h] Voiceless glottal fricative
f) Hair
Part B. (5 points each, 30 points in total)
Identify the vowels in the given English words and provide the IPA symbol and the description
(height, backness, and roundedness) for it.
a) Sit
[] high-mid, front, unrounded
b) More
[] mid, back, rounded
c) Booth
d) Set
[u] high, back, rounded
[] low-mid, front, unrounded
[] high-mid, back, rounded
e) Book
[e] mid, front, unrounded
f) Say
2. Phonetic Transcription (1 point each, 10 points in total)
Provide the phonetic transcription (IPA) for the given English words.
ht
1. hit →
vt
2. vet →
hd
3. hood →
4. wedge → w
5. think → k
6. who → hu
7. ledge → l
8. wing → w
9. hut → ht
10. dog → d
3. From IPA to Orthography (1 point each, 10 points in total)
Translate the following IPA transcriptions into English spelling.
a) [wɛnzdej] → Wednesday
b) [θɑwzn̩d] → thousand
c) [pitsə] → pizza
d) [ʃulejs] → shoelace
e) [bejðiŋsut] → bathingsuit
f) [kjukʌmbɹ̩ ] → cucumber
g) [plæɾəpʊs] → platypus
h) [ælfəbɛɾɪk] → alphabetic
i) [spænɪʃ] → Spanish
j) [kɑnsənənt] →
consonant
4. Sound classes. (20 points in total)
For each description, mark all of the given IPA symbols that fit the description on the left (the
number of correct answers may vary by question). Only consider symbols on the same line as the
description.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Voiced fricatives
High (close) vowels
Nasal consonants
Bilabial
Back vowels
Coronals
Liquids
[v]
[i]
[h]
[f]
[æ]
[n]
[ɹ]
[f]
[ə]
[n]
[p]
[u]
[b]
[ɯ]
[d]
[æ]
[ɹ]
[m]
[ʊ]
[ʃ]
[ɽ]
[ð]
[o]
[m]
[θ]
[ɪ]
[t]
[ø]
[ʒ]
[u]
[ð]
[b]
[o]
[k]
[l]
[l]
[ɛ]
[ɲ]
[ɸ]
[e]
[l]
[c]