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Linguistics 201 Phonetics Practice Exercise: Stress + Transcription A.

For the following place names, mark [ ] over the vowel in any stressed syllables, and then give a phonetic transcription for each item. Example: Halifax [hlfks] 1. Ontario 3. Medicine Hat 5. Regina 7. Quebec 9. Dawson Creek 2. Saskatchewan 4. Drumheller 6. Alberta 8. Whitehorse 10. Uranium City

B. Now try the same for the following animal names, and also circle any stop consonants. 1. elephant 3. monkey 5. gorilla 7. kangaroo 9. gopher 2. hyena 4. giraffe 6. wombat 8. zebra 10. vampire bat

C. Finally, provide phonetic transcriptions, with stress, for the following astronomical terms. Also, circle any alveolar consonants. 1. astronomy 3. equinox 5. solstice 7. satellite 9. spaceship 2. galaxy 4. autumnal 6. telescope 8. radar 10. vernal

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