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Phonetics 1 - Exercise 5 - Answers

1  STRESSED SYLLABLES in the following words:

		RP on left, GA on right
remark	PALM (START)
obtain	FACE
correct	DRESS
mountain	MOUTH
America	DRESS
affair	SQUARE
interest	KIT
perfect (adjective)	NURSE
perfection	DRESS
intention	DRESS
period	NEAR
accommodate	LOT		or
photograph	GOAT
photography	LOT		or
severe	NEAR
severity	DRESS

 

2    UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE or SYLLABLES in the following words:

accept	SCHWA
except	KIT (or SCHWA)	()
goodness	SCHWA (or KIT)	()
triumph	STRUT (or SCHWA)	()
anxious	SCHWA
naked	KIT (or SCHWA)	()
attack	SCHWA
particular	SCHWA, FOOT(or SCHWA),SCHWA	- -
perhaps	SCHWA
obey	SCHWA
consonant	SCHWA, SCHWA	-
Canada	SCHWA, SCHWA	-
Norway	FACE
Norwegian	THOUGHT(NORTH), SCHWA
Iceland	SCHWA
Icelandic	PRICE. KIT

 

 3
Weak KIT is tensed (becomes more like FLEECE ) at the end of a word or before a stressed vowel.
We then write it .
Examples:  easy ,  Morley ,  create