I'm a language nerd, and I like making note of strange accents during class lectures. It's a weird little thing I've been doing in the margins of my notes, ever since I had an English teacher with a strong Minnesota accent.
Phonetic transcribing (British English)::
9 posts - Last post: Dec 20, 2006I would tend to transcribe the same vowel in ‘train’ and ‘danger’ – [eı], and would also use this for [gɹ eıʔ] and [l eıʔ]; ‘missing’ would
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Phonetics - Using Phonetic Transcription in Class.qxd::
File Format: PDF/Adobe AcrobatInternational Phonetic Alphabet is very easy to learn, and in many situations the use of phonetic. transcription can save time and facilitate the teaching
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The thing is, I don't know of an alphabet that suffices to capture nuances like there are in regional accents (and ESL accents). I don't know enough linguistics to really understand the IPA (I mean, I suppose I could sit down and teach myself the difference between an "alveo-palatal affricate" and a "bilabial liquid," but that would take quite awhile)...
Greek alphabet - encyclopedia article - Citizendium::
Nov 19, 2008 In Ancient Greek, these accents mark different forms of the pitch The primary use of the Greek alphabet has always been to write the
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Transcription systems::
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) has a set of symbols for the for the transcription of prosodic features such as lenght, word accent, stress,
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Does anyone know of a site that has an easy-to-understand guide to the IPA, or is there an even more useful phonetic alphabet? I'm looking for one that includes non-American sounds, preferably a site with sound clips if possible.
On the Use of Prosodic Labelling in Corpus-Based Lin- guistic ::
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobatgether, a phonetic transcription using SAMPA alphabet follows the word label in the. same tier. In the prosodic level, accent commands are pointed out (e.g.
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Thanks very much in advance!
http://www.ladefogeds.com/course/chapter...
The link above is an IPA chart - click on the symbol and hear the sound.
If you're able (or willing), get your hands on Ladefoged's "Course in Phonetics" textbook. Mine was $40-ish new (5th edition). Go cheap and get one used, or an older edition. Phonetics was a seriously fun course, and this book was very helpful. If your copy doesn't come with the CD, it's all online here:
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/...
Besides the IPA chart, poke around the website and find examples of the sounds in context in other languages (like multiple ways to pronounce "b" in Hindi words!).
I wouldn't say that knowing all the technical terms (fricative, plosive, etc.) is terribly important. As long as you can identify (or better, reproduce) the sound and you know what symbol goes along with it, you'll be fine. So have fun with it!
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What is the best alphabet to use when transcribing accents?