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• 1 Spelling and pronunciation

• 1.1 Introduction

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• What is Phonological Interference?

  A natural tendency to translate a foreign sounds into the sounds of the native language. For example the word very is pronounced as fery

• The lax vowels are usually short and and don't change their quality. I.e. They are monophthongs.

  /I/ tin
  /pʊl/ pull
  /e/ shell
  /æ/ ban
  /ʌ / fun
  /ɒ / dock

• 1.2 The spelling as a confusing factor

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• What is spelling pronunciation?

  A pronunciation that is based on the spelling of a word.

• 1.4 A transcription system for RP

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• Why is a transcription system better than a normal alphabet?

  Each vowel and consonant has its own symbol of how to pronounce the vowel or consonant.

• 1.5 The vowels of RP

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• What is the difference between lax and tense vowels?

  Lax vowels are short and do not change their quality.
  Tense vowels are long and can change their quality (they can be monopthongs)

• 1.7 Transcribing words

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• What is a linking R

  In rp we dont make the r sound, we do however make the r sound if the next word/letter starts with a vowel.

• 2 Predictable pronunciations

• There are 3 endings of words in English name them

  1 /IZ/ (Used after /s, z/ Bushes, ridges etc.)
  2 /s/  (Used after fortis obstruents /p,t,k,f/ lips, lights, books)
  3 /z/  (Used in all other situations /b,d,g,v,m,n,ng/ bags, storms, pens)

• 3 Word stress

• What does it mean if a word is a homographic pair

  It means that the noun is written the same as the verb.
  Example: Absent and to absent.

• 4 Strong and weak forms

• 4.1 Introduction

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• The citation pronunciation of a gradation word is also called?

  Strong form while the other form are its weak forms.
  an example of a gradation word is the auxilary verb:
  Has.

• Like other languages English divides itself in 2 kinds of words. What are they?

  Major category words :
  Adjectives, nouns, adverbs, and main verbs
  The second group is called
  Minor category words (function words) :
  Prepositions (at), the articles, pronouns (her), auxiliaries (can) and conjunctions (and)