2018-02-07 Pronunciation: consonant articulation

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Transcribe the phonetic sayings into English (handout). Each one is a phrase or short sentence.
Take a few minutes with your partner to compare and see if they got some words you couldn’t figure out.
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/ə ˈstɪʧ ɪn ˈtaɪm seɪvz 'naɪn/ = A stitch in time saves nine. (Solve problems as soon as they arise.)
/ˈheɪst meɪks ˈweɪst/ = Haste makes waste. (If you hurry too fast you’ll have problems.)
/'slow ən 'stɛdi 'wɪnz ðə 'reɪs/ = Slow and steady wins the race. (This is the moral of Aesop’s fable about a race between the tortoise and the hare.)
/ə ˈbərd ɪn ðə ˈhænd ɪz wərθ ˈtuw ɪn ðə ˈbʊʃ/ = A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (A small benefit that you have is better than a large benefit you don’t have.)
/ə ˈpərsənz ə ˈpərsən no ˈmætr haʊ ˈsmɑl/ = A person’s a person no matter how small. (From Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who.)
/tə ˈbiː or ˈnɑt tu ˈbi ˈðæt ɪz ðə ˈkwɛsʧən/ = To be or not to be, that is the question. (From Shakespeare’s Hamlet.)
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Handout p. 8 exercise 1 - How many syllables do the words in the box have? Write them in the correct column.
Exercise 2 - How many syllables do these new (or new-ish) words have?
1 2
2 2
3 1
4 3
5 3
6 2
7 4
8 5
Which syllable has stress in these words?
Longer words generally have (at least) one secondary stress, which is not next to the primary stress.
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p. 10 exercise 4A - Guess the primary (and secondary) stress in these words. Draw circles.
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Remember, vowels and consonants are types of pronunciation (in this class), not types of letters.
“like” ends with a vowel letter but a consonant sound
“universe” begins with a vowel letter but a consonant sound
“hour” begins with a consonant letter but a vowel sound
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Handout p. 146 organizes the consonants by placement, manner, and voicing.
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Homework: p. 151 exercise 6A - label the parts of the speech pathway