FRE387H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Phonetic Transcription, Vowel Length, Phoneme
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It is important to understand the difference between a narrow transcription and a broad one. The term narrow is applied to a transcription which contains a certain amount of phonetic detail: the narrower a transcription is, the more phonetic detail it contains and the more diacritic signs and special symbols it requires. This kind of transcription is a phonetic transcription and is placed between square brackets ( [] ). A broad transcription shows an absence of phonetic detail. It is referred to as a phonemic transcription and is written between slants ( // ). / s/ as in "thin" /c/ as in "that" / r/ as in "ship" /y/ as in "measure" Some hints for transcribing consonants: p, b, t, d1, k, m, n, l, r, f2, v, z, h, w (1 except certain past and past part. - ending (2 except in / pu / )
