English Pronunciation for Icelanders
English Pronunciation for Icelanders
English Pronunciation for Icelanders
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40<br />
3 2<br />
TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE 26<br />
Put stress marks (1) in front of the stressed syllables in<br />
the following sentences:<br />
1 wot sOt 0v 0n 0b DekS0n d0 j¨ ik spekt t0 ri sIv fr0m<br />
pOl m0 kAtn^<br />
2 me0r^ 0t lIst 0z nev0 pri tendid Si k0d si~<br />
3 Ol 0v 0s 0 mOr Ig0 t0 s0k sId ð0n t0 feil<br />
3 3<br />
3.2 Weak <strong>for</strong>ms<br />
In the sentences in transcription exercise 26, we’ve seen<br />
how the UNstressed syllables usually have weak vowels.<br />
Sometimes, these weak syllables are whole words. They are<br />
usually the function words in the sentence:<br />
What sort of an objection do you expect to receive from<br />
...?<br />
In the next sections, we will look at these unstressed<br />
words with weak vowels. They are called weak <strong>for</strong>ms.<br />
3.2.1 Weak <strong>for</strong>ms which change their vowel to 0<br />
3 4<br />
a Prepositions<br />
at <strong>for</strong> from of to<br />
strong when stressed<br />
strong at end of utterance<br />
strong weak be<strong>for</strong>e weak be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
consonant<br />
vowel<br />
æt<br />
0t<br />
fO f0 f0r<br />
from<br />
fr0m<br />
ov<br />
0v<br />
(the only word in <strong>English</strong> where f is pronounced v)<br />
tU t0 t¨<br />
¦<br />
Exercise 27: repeat, and fill in the blanks:<br />
3 5<br />
1 h^ 1keim ±±t 1siks ±±1klok<br />
2 1ðis iz f±±±±± 1mI [f0 be<strong>for</strong>e a consonant<br />
3 1ðis iz f±±±±± 1Ol ±±±v ±±±s [f0r be<strong>for</strong>e a vowel<br />
4 1ai 1kÆm fr±±±± 1DUpit0<br />
5 1we0 d0 1jU kÆm fr±±±±m
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