L10A: phonetic transcription provides a record of speakers’ pronunciation of their language Advantages of phonetic transcription



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L10A: PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION
Phonetic transcription provides a record of speakers’ pronunciation of their language
Advantages of phonetic transcription


  1. It can be used as a description of one style of speaking versus another




  1. One accent versus another




  1. Normal versus disordered speech




  1. Helps to highlight patterns of pronunciation which would be difficult by listening to pinpoint by listening alone




    • A useful tool that phoneticians use in the description of speech






    1. They are concerned with the significant parts of the articulation rather than the role process of speech production







    1. Phoneticians rely on auditory perception in most cases


TRANSCRIPTIONS OF STANDARD BRITISH ENGLISH, JAMAICAN ENGLISH AND JAMAICAN CREOLE ITEMS


SBE

SJE1

JC

Examples




Cons

Vowels

Cons

Vowels

Cons

Vowels

SBE

SJE

JC

GLOSS

[p]



[p]



[p]



bt

bt

bt

‘beat’

[t]



[t]



[t]

i

bt

bt

bit

‘bit’

[k

e

[k

e

[k

e

bet

bet

bet

‘bet’

[b]



[b]

a

[b]

a

bt

bt

bat

‘bat’

[d]



[d]



[d]

a

bt

bt

bat

‘bart’

[]



[]

o

[]

o

b

bon

bo

‘bog/bon’

[m]




[m]



[m]

-

b

b

bo

‘bog’

















bn

bn

bon

‘born’

[n]



[n]



[n]

u

ft

ft

fut

‘foot’

[

u

[

u

[

u

ful

ful

ful

‘fool’

f



f



f

-

!

o

ao

‘ago’

[v



[v



[v

-

bn

bn

ben

‘burn’

[]



[]

-

[s]

-

md

md

‘mod

‘mud’

[]

e

[]

e

[z]

ia

bet

bet

bat

bait’

[s]



[s]

o



ua

bt

bot

‘buat’

‘boat’

[z]

a

[z]

a



a

bat

bat

bat

‘bite’



a



a

w

a

tan

tan

tan

‘town’

]



]



[r]

-

tl

tl

tal

‘toil’









[j]

-

h

h

(h)a

‘hear’

w



w






-

f

f

fia

‘fare’

[r]()

a

[]

-




-

ha

ha

(h)aia

‘hired’

[j](y)




[j]






















[h]




[h]




[h]




hm

hm

(h)m

‘him’

[t] (ts)




[t]




[t]




tt

tt

tt

‘chit’

[d](dz)




[d]




[d]




pl

pl

pldo

‘pleasure’




1 The phonemic inventories for vowels and consonants for Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole are adapted from Devonish and Harry (2004: 444-450)


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