UNIVERSITE DE LA SORBONNE NOUVELLE Année universitaire 2023-2024 IDENTIFICATION DU SUJET Code UE : A4FP001 Intitulé UE: Phonologie 4 Examen 2e semestre 1ère session Sujet semestre pair ENEAD Code épreuve : A4FP001_D Intitulé épreuve : Phonologie 4 Durée : Documents autorisés : AUCUN Enseignant responsable : Barbara KÜHNERT Le sujet comporte 4 pages Oraux : L'épreuve écrite est suivie d'un oral oui non Student Number : Please note : all answers have to be provided in English. (All extracts taken from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll) Question 1) The following transcription contains several mistakes. Find three mistakes, give the correct transcription and very briefly explain the error. (3 pts) / ðe 'sixmd tǝ bi 'nou 'jurs In 'wertIŋ bar Õǝ 'lītl 'do: 'seu 'ælIs ,went 'bæk tǝ ðǝ 'teIbl 'harf 'hə৳pīŋ Ji 'mart 'faInd ǝ'm Ỗǝ 'ki: on It bir et 'eni 'reIt ǝ 'buk ǝv 'ruiz fǝ 'Sʌtīŋ 'pixpl ꞌʌp laIk 'telIskǝups ðIs 'taIm fi 'faund ǝ 'lItl 'botl on It wItf 's3:tnli wez 'not 'hte bī'for en 'tard raund Õǝ 'nek ǝv Õǝ 'botl wǝz ǝ 'peIpǝ 'leIbl wIð ðǝ 'w3×dz ꞌdrInk mi / Question 2) Briefly explain the regular relationship between spelling and pronunciation of the letter <a> using examples from the text. Then illustrate and briefly explain two sub-rules and one exceptional pronunciation value for the letter <a>, using again examples from the text below. (4 pts) "Come, there's no use in crying like that!" said Alice to herself, rather sharply. "I advise you to leave off this minute!" She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. "But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person! Soon her eye fell on a little strange glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words "EAT ME" were beautifully marked in currants. "Well, I'll taste and eat it," said Alice, "and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!" 1 Question 3) Find all digraphs in the poem below. Indicate whether the pronunciation of each digraph follows the General Rule, a Sub-Group or constitutes an exception. (3 pts) Thus grew the tale of Wonderland: Thus slowly, one by one, Its quaint events were hammered out - And now the tale is done, And home we steer, a merry crew, Beneath the setting sun. Alice! A childish story take, And with a gentle hand, Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined In Memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers Plucked in far-off land. Question 4) Indicate all stressed syllables (using stress marks) in the following paragraph. (2 pts) "Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'll soon make you dry enough!" They all sat down at once, in a large ring, with the Mouse in the middle. Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed on it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad cold if she did not get dry very soon. Question 5) In the following passage, identify four different types of regular pronunciation differences between Standard British English and General American. Briefly describe each phenomenon and give a transcription of the words you present in both varieties. (4 pts) It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. `No, I'll look first,' she said, 'and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; for she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt in the past, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things. Question 6) The following table shows a number of nonsense words, i.e. words which do not exist. They all follow either the General Rule or a Sub-Group. Fill in the blanks. (4 pts) Spelling Transcription GR or SG Example: * zike / zaık/ GR 2. *prewind 3. / lave / 4. /drak/ 5. *plosted 6. *chirls 2 1. /fleIst/ 3