TRANSCRIPTIONS HINTS
by Carla Gudiño
1. Neutralisation Symbols
2. Vowel Monophthoning
3. Smoothing
4. /ʊ/ /u:/
5. /ɪ/ /i:/
6. /u/
7. /i/
8. the difference between the two vowels is becoming blurred
9. /ʊə/
10. /ɔ:/
11. is being replaced
12. BUT __BREWER /brʊə/ FEWER /fjʊə/
13. TOWER /taʊə/ /tae/
14. Ending verbs
15. Contractions
16. 3rd person singular
17. Possessive morpehene
18. Plurals
19. /t/ /d/ which agrees in voicing with the last sound of the verb.
20. If the verb ends in a voiced sound then it ends in a /d/ Loved /lʌvd/
21. If the verb ends in a voiceless sounds then it follows the /t/ sound. Laughed /lɑ:ft/
22. Jhon’s here /dʒɒnz hɪa/ voiced + /z/ Dick’s here /dɪks hɪa/ /voiceless + /s/
23. THE ENDING MUST ALSO AGREE IN VOICING WITH THE LAST SOUND OF THE NOUN
24. Loves /lʌvz/ voiced + /z/ Drops /drɒps/ voiceless + /s/
25. GREEK'S /gri:ks/ BOSS'S /bɒsəz/
26. those that end with a voiceless consonant add /s/ Ropes /rəʊps/
27. most semi-regular plurals end in FE in the spelling. And they take the form of -IVES TO FORM THE PLURAL IVZ knife - knives /naɪvz/
28. Nouns which end in one of the following consonants s z ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ (sibilants consonants) add a vowel before the plural ending, and the plural ending itself is always pronounced with a /z/ sound house - houses /haʊzəz/ bus - buses /bʌsəz/ batch - batches /bætʃəz/
29. Nouns which end in a voiced consonant or a vowel add /z/ sound Doors /dɔ:z/
