Exercise 1
Make a phonemic (broad) HCE transcription of the following words. Note that the answer button is sitting right there in easy reach, but the value in this exercise lies in doing it yourself first – that’s how learning happens. So grab a pen and paper and make your own transcriptions, and then come back to crosscheck your work against the answers provided here.
| 1 | far | fɐ: |
| 2 | meat | mi:t |
| 3 | get | get |
| 4 | pole | pəʉl |
| 5 | want | wɔnt |
| 6 | find | fɑend |
| 7 | rough | rɐf |
| 8 | chirp | tʃɜp |
| 9 | sound | sæɔnd |
| 10 | bash | bæʃ |
| 11 | sheep | ʃip |
| 12 | hip | hɪp |
| 13 | sun | sɐn |
| 14 | laugh | lɐ:f |
| 15 | chips | tʃɪps |
| 16 | smoke | sməʉk |
| 17 | them | ðem |
| 18 | zinc | zɪŋk |
| 19 | flout | flæɔt |
| 20 | when | >wen |
| 21 | tax | tæks |
| 22 | aches | æɪks |
| 23 | boil | boɪl |
| 24 | tune | tʃʉːn |
| 25 | bomb | bɔm |
Exercise 2
1) Each of the following transcriptions contains an error, such that no speaker of Australian English would ever pronounce the word as transcribed. Your job is to identify the error, then crosscheck your work against the answers provided here
| thing | /θɪng/ | /θɪŋ/ |
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| cream | /cɹi:m/ | /kɹi:m/ |
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| arrow | /æɹɹəʉ/ | /æɹəʉ/ |
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| fishing | /fɪshɪŋ/ | /fɪʃɪŋ/ |
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| wives | /wɑevs/ | /wɑevz/ |
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| oxen | /ɔxən/ | /ɔksən/ |
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| brass | /brɐs/ | /brɐ:s/ |
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| know | /knəʉ/ | /nəʉ/ |
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| maths | /mæths/ | /mæθs/ |
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| hijinks | /hɑejɪŋks/ | /hɑedʒɪŋks/ |