‘Theory and Practice II - Phonetics and Phonology Il - Pre-Midterm Test Quiz- 2018 Dénisa Garderes I. Listen to the following piece of news. Mark TONE UNITS, TONIC SYLLABLES, TONES, and OTHER ACCENTED SYLLABLES 'Peter + Newman the ' Vicar of St Andrew's »Church, ‘~Repton in + Nottinghamshire is celebrating "He's \ crashed his c’ar a total of sfive times and he’s “turned But ¥finally after a seventeen-year ‘course of six-h’undred and “thirty two-le'ssons he’s | passed his ‘driving test IL Listen to the following conversation. Analyse intonation behaviour from the point of view of its form A: "lm | absolutely * parched” | ‘aren't you? PI: I'm; H: absolutely: TS: parched. There is a shift in the accent of “absolutely”. aren't, T: you Analysis: Adverbs such as “absolutely” emphasize the adjective -"parched!,, this uses a rise-falling tne. “aren't you?” uses a fall should also be thirsty. ig tone, because the speaker thinks the hearer will agree, since he B: aWell | Ima bit~thirsty | Imust ad>emit‘Theory and Practice Il- Phonetics and Phonology II - Pre-Midterm Test Quiz - 2018 Danisa Garderes think there are two options: if “well” is a tone-unit, itis also a Tonic Syllable; in the second tone-unit, “I’m a bit” Is the Pre-Head, “thit-” Is the Tonic Syllable, “ty” Is the Tall. In the second option, there are only two tone-units, where “well, I'm a bit" is the Head. In the last tone-unit, “I” is Pre-Head, “must ad-” is Head and “-mit” is Tonic Syllable. Analysis: We use a fall-rising tone to indicate we may not completely agree with something. ‘Statement: falling tone. He uses an attitude phrase, emphasizing what he has said, as “in fact" or “indeed”. If there are three tone-units, “well” uses a rising tone to indicate he will continue speaking. IIL. Look at the following transcriptions. Draw their accentual pattern (I dide't find any prominent syllables / hexagon represents dot wail) 1. feelori/- Wee 2. /rrelatzd/- @ + @ 3./evribodi @ 4, frispontsebtlati/- «@6@ee 5. bx @ IV. Read the following short poems and identify stressed syllables bearing rhythm in mind. 1.’Bad boy makes good’ 2. The Red Knight’ Aladdin was lazy. sir Lancelot He never would Loved Guinevere But now he's a rich man He blushed a lot With money to burn. When she was near.‘Theory and Practice II - Phonetics and Phonology II - Pre-Midterm Test Quiz- 2018 Danisa Garderes V. Look at the following common expressions. Put a stress mark in each stressed syllable, then divide them into feet by placing a dotted line at each foot boundary 5. asf 'softas af 'kitten 6. !Silence is} ‘golden. 7. 'Honesty is the bestj ' policy. 8, 'Truth is} 'stranger than} ' fiction. 9A} penny {!saved is a {!penny | 'earned, 10.To ferris | !human;} to forj 'give is dij 'vine. VI. The following examples show typical weak forms in their strong version. Explain the reason in each case. 1. "Who?" - Itis said alone. 2."He said ‘of, not ‘off'” - Prepositions maintain a strong form for contrasting purposes. Function words are usually made prominent when a contrast is expressed or implied. 3. "What are you looking af?” Function words at the end of the sentence are always strong. 4. "He travels to and from London a lot.” Function words are usually made prominent when a contrast is expressed or implied. 5. "Here's a message from Ike, not forlke”. Function words are usually made prominent when a contrast is expressed or implied. 6. "London is the place to be’. Theis used to show that something (London) is the best or the most important of its kind.